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Belliduff

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Nearest Town:Alyth (6km WNW)
OS Ref (GB):   NO288442 / Sheet: 53
Latitude:56° 35' 3.43" N
Longitude:   3° 9' 33.51" W

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In the park of Belmont, there is a tumulus called "Belliduff," which tradition gives as the spot where McDuff slew Macbeth; and about a mile distant, stands a large whinstone nodule, or block of twenty tons weight, called Macbeth's stone. In all probability there has been fighting near these apparently sepulchral monuments; but it is more probable that Macbeth was slain at Lumphanan in the Mearns.
From p234 of 'The New Statistical Account of Scotland' v10 (Perth) 1845.
Rhiannon Posted by Rhiannon
12th May 2007ce