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Ballumbie Castle (remains)

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Ballumbie Castle (remains) still stands in Angus, Scotland, though time has worn much of it away. The land may have held halls, gardens or roads no longer visible, while the castle kept its shape in memory. People may have lived, worked or played around it before the stones fell silent. What is left is enough to show that the place existed and mattered.
Ballumbie Castle (remains) is shown as a castle on the public map of Angus. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
Ballumbie Castle was built in the 13th century by the Comyn family, a powerful noble lineage in medieval Scotland. It is remembered for its historical association with the Comyns and its role in the political landscape of the Scottish Wars of Independence.

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