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DUNSINANE

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 683 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DUNSINANE , a See also:

peak of the Sidlaw Hills, in the See also:parish of Collace, See also:Perthshire, See also:Scotland, 8 m. N.E. of See also:Perth. It is 1or2 ft. high, and commands a See also:fine view of the Carse of See also:Gowrie and the valley of the See also:Tay. Its See also:chief claim to mention, however, is due to its association with Birnam See also:Wood (about 12 M. N.W.) in two well-known passages in See also:Shakespeare's See also:Macbeth. An old fort on the See also:summit, of which faint traces are still discernible, is tradition-ally called Macbeth's See also:Castle.

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