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KILPATRICK  , a town of Dumbartonshire, Scotland, on the right bank of the Clyde, 1o2m . N.W. of Glasgow by rail, with stations on the North British and Caledonian railways . Pop . (1901), 1533 . It is traditionally the birthplace of St Patrick, whose father is said to have acted there as a Roman magistrate . Roman remains occur in the district, and the Wall of Antoninus ran through the parish . . To the north, occupying an area of about 6 in. from east to west and 5 in. from north to south run the Kilpatrick Hills, of which the highest points are Duncomb and Fynloch Hill (each 1313 ft.) .