Dalbeattie Granite was sourced from numerous quarries near the village of Dalbeattie, in Kirkcudbrightshire. The stone comes from the Criffel Granodiorite-granite Pluton, a large, elongate intrusion that formed during the early part of the Devonian Period (c. 400 million years ago) when Scotland was south of the Equator at roughly the same latitude as northern Angola is today. Dalbeattie Granite was used locally, regionally and nationally, mainly to form masonry and paving. Dalbeattie Granite is not quarried for building stone today.