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Early Medieval

Death of Macbeth at Lumphanan 1057

1057
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Macbeth
Forces
Macbeth with small household force (c. 500–1,000).
VS
Victor
Malcolm III (Canmore)
Forces
Malcolm III's forces (c. 1,000–1,500)
Outcome
Macbeth killed; Malcolm becomes undisputed king of Scotland
The Battle

History & Significance

Macbeth was killed at Lumphanan in Aberdeenshire by Malcolm Canmore forces; the real Macbeth thus died in the northeast, far from the Dunsinane of Shakespeare imagining.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Death of Macbeth at Lumphanan 1057

Kincardine o'Neil, old church and hospital
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~0.6 miles
Peel Ring of Lumphanan, castle, Peel Bog of Lumphanan
Scheduled monument · Medieval · ~2.3 miles
Heogan, palisaded enclosure 90m NE of
Scheduled monument · Post-Medieval · ~3.2 miles
Macbeth's Cairn, cairn 360m ENE of Ferneybrae
Scheduled monument · ~3.3 miles
Waterside,hut circles W of
Scheduled monument · ~3.4 miles
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