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Dupplin Castle, Old Quarry

Quarry (period Unassigned)

What is recorded here

Old Quarry lies beside Dupplin Castle in Perth and Kinross, a scarred edge where stone was taken before the castle became a name. The land still keeps the shape of that removal, a hollow jaw swallowing light at dusk. Perhaps men pulled chips from the rock until their shoulders bled, or perhaps they merely listened for the voice trapped inside the hill. Either way, the quarry remembers the weight of what left it.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dupplin Castle, Old Quarry as Quarry (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Dupplin Castle, Old Quarry is associated with the historical Dupplin Castle, which was held by the Comyn family, powerful feudal lords in medieval Scotland, during the 13th and 14th centuries. The site is historically significant as the location of the Battle of Dupplin Moor in 1332, a key event in the Wars of Scottish Independence.

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