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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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THE CAPE | The Cape The Cape The Cape The Cape |
Angus Kerr, Bowbridge John Welsh, Collace Mr. Stewart, Kinrossie Mr. Alexander Ritchie, Resident Factor |
087 | A prominent top on, and near the west end of the range of the Seidlaws. its surface is rough pasture with some out croping rocks. |
DUNSINANE HILL | Dunsinane Hill Dunsinane Hill Dunsinane Hill Dunsinane Hill Dunsinane Hill Dunsinane Hill Dunsinane Hill Dunsinane Hill Dunsinane Hill Dunsinnane Dunsinnan |
Mr. Stewart, Tailor, Kinrossie a member of the antiquarian society The Rev. [Reverend] Mr. Robertson Woodside Wyntoun's Chron. [Chronicle] of Scotland Old & New Stat. [Statistical] Accounts Shakespeare Pennant's Tour 1772 Mr. Clark Writer, and Factor Mr. Alexander Ritchie Resident Factor County Directory County Map |
087 | A tolerably sized hill being one of the Seid Laws, its surface consists of rough pasture. On its summit is a fine British fort, having 3 ramparts or walls on all sides, but the south and south east and is also naturally well defended by a steep slope or bank round the south and east sides. |
FORT [Macbeth's Castle] | Macbeth's Castle | Mr. Stewart, Tailor, Kinrossie a member of the antiquarian society The Rev. [Reverend] Mr. Robertson Woodside Wyntoun's Chrons. [Chronicles] of Scotland Old & New Stat. [Statistical] Accounts Shakespeare Pennant's Tour 1772 Mr. Clark Writer, and Factor Mr. Alexander Ritchie Resident Factor |
087 | On its summit is a fine British fort, having 3 ramparts or walls on all sides, but the south and south east and is also naturally well defended by a steep slope or bank round the south and east sides. This fort is popularly known by the name of "Macbeth's Castle" from the fact, as tradition says, that Macbeth had took shelter on it from his enemies during the latter part of his turbulent reign a few years ago Mr. Nairne the proprietor, excavated the east end of it, and on digging a few feet under the surface, 4 rude apartments or chambers were found built of freestone, which Mr. Stewart of Kinrossie says must have been brought from Fifeshire as the same nature of stone is not to be found in this neighbourhood and from this circumstance |
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[Page] 21Sheet 87-1 -- Parish of Collace -- Perthshire
Fort
(in O. E. [Old English] Macbeth's Castle)
J.B.
L. Col. [Lieutenant Colonel]
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