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"This large dragon skeleton that hangs in the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom is allegedly a trophy taken by Professor Hecat after she single-handedly defeated one of the largest poaching rings in Eastern Wales during the Great Poacher Raid of 1878."
Wizard's Field Guide[src]

This skeleton of a Hebridean Black belonged to Dinah Hecat, the Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor during the late 19th century.[1]

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"I get new students every year but I only have one Hebridean Black skull. It was a token from the Great Poacher Raid of 1878. No doubt you've heard of it."
Professor Dinah Hecat to her students[src]

The Hebridean Black skeleton was taken as a trophy by Dinah Hecat after she defeated a ring of poachers in the Great Poacher Raid of 1878. She hung it from the ceiling of Classroom 3C at Hogwarts Castle during her tenure as the Professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts in the late 19th century.[1]

On 2 September 1890, the skull of the skeleton was nearly knocked down when Leander Prewett and Sebastian Sallow were duelling in their first Defence Against the Dark Arts class of the school year. It was levitated and positioned back into place by Professor Hecat, who reprimanded the boys. The skeleton also had an entry in the Wizard's Field Guide.[1]

The skeleton could be seen in Classroom 3C during the tenures of Quirinus Quirrell, Gilderoy Lockhart, and Remus Lupin.[2][3][4] It had been taken down by the time that Dolores Umbridge was the incumbent Professor.[5] However, the skeleton had once again been hung up in the classroom by the time that Brindlemore was the incumbent Professor.[6]

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Third-floor of Hogwarts Castle
Classrooms
Class 34 · Class 72 · Classroom 2E · Classroom 3C · Classroom 3C backrooms · Classroom 3D · Classroom 7A · Classroom off of the Charms corridor · Classroom off of the Gunhilda of Gorsemoor Corridor · Ghoul Studies classroom
Corridors
Charms corridor · Gallery · Gunhilda of Gorsemoor Corridor · One-Eyed Witch Passage · Serpentine Corridor · Third-floor corridor · Trophy Secret Passage
Halls and rooms
Abraham Ronen's quarters · Armoury · Clock Tower Entrance · Hesperius Hall · Mudiwa Onai's quarters · Trophy Room · Vastus Vestibule
Portraits, statues and other artwork
Damara Dodderidge · Dinah Hecat's Hebridean Black skeleton · Drunk Monks · Google Flange · Basil Fronsac · Gunhilda of Gorsemoor · Merwyn the Malicious · Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington · Valeria Myriadd · Helena Ravenclaw · Brutus Scrimgeour · Temeritus Shanks · Shepherdess · Winged horse · Witch in green · Witch in Pompadour hairstyle · Wizard in black · Wizard in red
Staircases
Clock Tower staircase · Grand Staircase · Secret shortcut to the first floor · Staircase to the courtyard corridor · Staircase to the first-floor corridor · Staicase to the fourth-floor landing · Staircase to the ground-floor · Staircase to the second-floor arcade · Turret Stairwell · Turris Magnus staircase
Storerooms
Lost Wands · Storeroom
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