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| | Historical perspective for Dunsinane Hill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | One of the Sidlaws, ' high Dunsinane hill ' culminates 8 miles NE of Perth, and, conical in form, with truncated summit, rises gradually on the NW side, steeply or murally on the other sides, to an altitude of 600 feet above the circumjacent ground, and 1012 above the level of the sea. |
 | | This-Macbeth's Castle, according to Shakespeare and local tradition-occupied an oval area 210 feet long and 130 feet wide, and was defended both by a rampart and by fosses quite round the upper part of the hill. |
 | | The mansion, 3 miles WNW of the hill, and 7 NNE of Perth, has a fine southern exposure, and is an elegant edifice, greatly improved and modernised about 1830, with extensive and beautiful grounds.Ord. |
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