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Rocky outcrop at Broughty Castle

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Rocky outcrop at Broughty Castle
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Rocky outcrop at Broughty Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Dundee City, Scotland. Perhaps the stones resisted every hammer because they believed in staying visible. Maybe people climbed the rough surface simply to touch the edge of the world. Imagine the castle appearing and disappearing like a breath held by the rock itself.
A named place photographed at this map point in Dundee City.
Broughty Castle, located on a rocky outcrop near Dundee, was built by the Earls of Angus in the late 13th century, with significant later modifications by the Ruthven family in the 15th and 16th centuries. It is important as a strategic coastal stronghold and one of the best-preserved medieval castles in Scotland.

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Photo: Douglas Nelson · CC BY-SA 2.0