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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| MACBETH'S CASTLE | 068 | [Continued] a place still called "the Witch Stane" (where a remarkable stone still stands) about a mile from his old residence, & warned him to beware "Till Birnam forest come to Dunsinnan". About 24 years ago, a great quantity of earth was removed from one side of the mound, & horse shoes apparently those of ponies, were found in great abundance: likewise handles of swords & dirks". New Stat, [Statistical] Account 874 "Cairnbeddie is about 3 miles from Dunsinnan Hill. As Macbeth had a castle, which was his usual residence, it is not likely, that he would build another on Dunsinnan Hill so near; he probably kept up the British Fortress on this hill, as a place of retreat on any emergency from which it has got the name of Macbeth's Castle, The term Castle is in many instances in Scotland applied to camps, or fortifications, by entrenchments, and rampart only, and not exclusively to a strong house or tower. Tradition related that Macbeth resided 10 years after his usurption at Carnbiddie. The vestiges of the castle are still to be seen, which the country people call Carn-beth & Macbeth's Castle." Chalmers Caledonia 414 When Cairnbeddie Mound was opened partially about 30 years since, a quantity of very small iron horse shoes with fragments of swords, & other weapons of the same metal were found. So that it doubtless forms the tumulus on the site of some old & hard-fought battle-field in which the great usurper played his part." Wilson's Archoeology 94 |
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