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There is solid evidence that curling was a sport in both Scotland and the Low Countries during the 16th century.
The oldest known curling stone, found in Scotland, bears the date 1511, and a 1560 work by the Flemish painter, Pieter Breughel, shows a busy Dutch curling scene, complete with brooms.
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