Dunbartonshire

British

/ -ʃə, dʌnˈbɑːtənʃɪə /

noun

a historical county of W Scotland: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; administered since 1996 by the council areas of East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire

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Heather Graham, from Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire, got into diving around two years ago after seeing a video of extreme cliff diving online.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

In 1982 a complete shark fossil was discovered in Bearsden, in East Dunbartonshire.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

Earlier this year East Dunbartonshire Council was fined in the criminal courts after admitting breaching health and safety conditions at Balmuildy Primary School, Bishopbriggs in 2020.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025

East Dunbartonshire Council is seeking to site the new Lenzie Academy on Whitegates Park - a proposal that has sparked angry protests from locals concerned at the loss of greenspace.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025

On an inn-window at Tarbet, in Dunbartonshire, is perhaps the longest specimen of brittle rhymes ever written.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 367, April 25, 1829 by Various

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