Dullatur
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  Dullatur Location withinNorth Lanarkshire | |
| Population | 690 (2020)[1] |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GLASGOW |
| Postcode district | G68 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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| 55°58′00″N4°01′00″W / 55.9667°N 4.0167°W /55.9667; -4.0167 | |
Dullatur (/ˈdʌlətər/) is a village (population 720 (est. 2012))[2] inCumbernauld, Scotland.[3][4] LikeCondorrat,Castlecary andLuggiebank, it predates the new town of Cumbernauld, and of those only Condorrat was officially included in the designated area.[5] Its name is anglicised from theGaelicDubh Leitir, which means "dark slope". The route of theAntonine Wall passes just to the north of Dullatur. Two Roman temporary marching camps[6] were located at Dullatur between the forts atCroy Hill andWesterwood.[7] The camps have been excavated several times by archaeologists following aerial photography and proposed housebuilding.[8] Both camps have now been built over, and no visible remains can be seen on the ground today.[9] Digital reconstructions of the larger[10] and the smaller[11] of the camps have been created. When building the nearbyForth and Clyde Canal in the 18th century a number of finds were made in Dullatur Bog. Thomas Watson recorded: "a number of swords, pistols, and other weapons were dug out; also the bodies of men and horses, and what seems somewhat marvellous, a trooper, completely armed, and seated on his horse, in the exact posture in which he had perished."[12] It was supposed that the man was escaping theBattle of Kilsyth which is due north of Dullatur Bog.[13]
The development of the village owed much to the creation of theGlasgow-Edinburgh railway line, with a station sited in Dullatur in 1842 to encourage commuters to settle there. Several grand villas were built as part of the original development, two of which were designed by thearchitectAlexander "Greek" Thomson.
The make-up of the village was of the higher socio-economic class, and early recreational developments includedDullatur Golf Club and lawn-tennis clubs, both of which persist to the present day.Dullatur railway station is now closed but the village still serves as a commuter settlement, with a number of private properties being built over the years.
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