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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site of ENGAGEMENT between Lulach and Malcolm Canmore A.D. 1057 | (Site of) Battle Field Battle Field Battle Field |
Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Ronald, Cabrach Revd. [Reverend] Dr. Mackay, Rhynie Mr. Pirie, Farmer, Old Merdrum |
042 | This name applies to a traditionary place where a battle is said to have been fought, about 3rd. April 1057, in which Lulach Stepson and Successor of Macbeth is said to have been defeated & slain by Malcolm II, Commonly Called Canmore the son of the murdered Duncan. |
| TUMULI [Hill of Milduan] | Tumuli Tumuli Tumuli |
Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Ronald, Cabrach Mr. Pirie, Farmer, Old Merdrum Mr. Cran, Farmer, Lesmoir |
042 | Applies to a number of Small Cairns, on the flat between the "Top of Noth" & Hill of Milduan, but the stones have been nearly all carted away for building purposes. These Cairns are supposed to mark the places where soldiers were buried at the battle of Milduan R. Dickson S.R.E. [Sapper Royal Engineers?] |
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Note: "Lulach, as his father perished, in 1032 must have been a youth of five or six and twenty, when he succeeded Macbeth, on the 5th of December 1056. The short reign of Lulach extended only throughout a few months of feverish struggle. His antagonist was enterprizing in himself, and was supported by Strangers. The competitors for the bloody Sceptre met in a decisive conflict, at Essie, in Strathbogie, where Lulach fell before the fortune of Malcolm, on the 3rd April 1057. Lulach was buried with Macbeth, in Iona," - (Chalmers' Caledonia Vol.1.P.416)
Note: "At the foot of the hill (Noth.) on the north west, there are several tumuli Commemorative of an engagement fought in the year 1057, between the brave Macduff and the usurper Lulach, who for the brief period of six months assumed the title of King, witholding the Sceptre from Malcolm Canmore. Here Lulach was slain by Macduff. From this engagement it derives its name Mildewne grave of a thousand." (New Stat. Act. [Statistical Account] P. 1015-16)
"Lulach" was the son of Gilcomgain, the Maormar of Moray, and the Lady Gruoch, who, for her second husband, "married the never to be forgotten Macbeth." - (Chalmers' Cal. [Caledonia] Vol 1. P. 405
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