The Douping Stane
Introduction
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The Douping Stane
Image: © Bill Harrison Taken: 21 Jul 2018
This huge granite boulder has marked the north-west extremity of the Freedom Lands of Aberdeen for several hundred years, although it also appears to have Neolithic 'cup' marks upon it. 'Douping' is old Scots for dropping: new Burgesses of the Guild of Aberdeen (see: http://www.aberdeenburgesses.com/ ) would be ridden out to this stane and ceremonially 'douped' (dropped) onto the stone as part of their initiation. See Canmore record 19346 for more: https://canmore.org.uk/site/19346/aberdeen-wynford-boundary-marker-31 . The modern Aberdeen march stone number 31 can be seen just behind the stane.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.17488
Longitude
-2.266752