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Lochee Road, DUNDEE, DD1 5RJ

Dudhope was the home of the Scrimegour family, hereditary standard bearers to the Kings of Scots. It is a 17th-century courtyard castle, extended from a 16th-century keep, which has now been demolished. The property was sold by the family in 1668, to John Graham of Claverhouse, also known as Bonnie Dundee or Bloody Clavers - depending on whose side you were on. He led the Jacobites to victory at Killiecrankie in 1689, though died in the process. The castle was later converted to use as a woollen mill, then a barracks. It was restored in 1989, and is now a part of the University of Abertay.

Used by Abertay University but owned by Dundee council.

Dudhope Castle is an extended late medieval tower house located on the southern face of Dundee Law in Dundee, Scotland.

Dudhope Castle was originally built in the late 13th Century as the home of the Scrymgeour family who were appointed as hereditary constables of Dundee by William Wallace in 1298. In 1683 the title and castle was conferred onto John ‘Bonnie Dundee’ Graham of Claverhouse, who went on to lead the Jacobites to victory at Killiecrankie in 1689. In 1792 there was an unsuccessful attempt to turn the castle into a woollen mill. The Ordnance Office then had the lease of it for 95 years as a barracks and storehouse. My great uncle ran a boxing club in the castle during the years of the depression and after WWII to give young men an interest and keep them out of trouble.

This view is taken from the grounds of Dudhope castle looking south over the industrial inner city west of the city centre. Most of the buildings date from the jute 'era'. Today, former jute mills lie derelict, house small industrial enterprises or, as in the case of the large factory building on the left of the photograph, are converted into flats. The north of Fife is visible across the Tay (hidden) in the distance.