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DUNTOCHER (Gaelic, "The Fort of ill hap"), a small town on Dalmuir Burn, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, 9 m. from Glas gow. The district contains coal, limestone and ironstone, but there is not much mining. There are considerable Roman remains in the neighbourhood. Antoninus' Wall passed immediately to the south ; the burn is crossed by a bridge doubtfully alleged to be of Roman origin ; subterranean remains indicate a Roman struc ture; a Roman camp has been traced, and the vicinity has yielded a number of altars, urns, vases, coins and tablets, which are now in the custody of Glasgow university.

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