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The ecclesiastical and antiquarian remains are in- 

 teresting in Forfarshire. Near to Forfar is a Dru- 

 idical circle ; monumental stones with curious sculp- 

 tures ; and cairns containing coffins and urns. 'Not 

 far from Cupar- Angus is King Arthur's Stone or 

 Monument, connected with a cairn which tradition 

 affirms contains the bones of this legendary Prince. 

 Here are Glammis, and Dunsinane, mentioned in 

 Shakspere's tragedy of Macbeth, where he says, 



" By Sinel's death I know I'm Thane of Glammis." 



This was the locality which witnessed the usur- 

 per's principal movements. On the hill of Dunsi- 

 nane was the Castle of Macbeth, from which he sal- 

 lied, when, in the words of the poet, he exclaims, 



" I will not yield 



To kiss the ground before young Malcolm's feet, 

 Though Birnam wood be come to Diwsinane, 

 And thus opposed be of no woman born." 



" Lay on Macduff ! 



And damned be who first cries hold, enough." 



Two mounds of earth, called Duff's Know, and 

 Bellie Duff, contain, according to popular tradition, 

 the mortal remains of Macduff, and of his enemy 

 Macbeth. At Glammis there is a large monumental 

 stone, commemorative of the assassination of King 

 Malcolm II. ; whose murderers were drowned in 

 making their escape in the night across the frozen 

 loch of Forfar. There are also many curious Cale- 

 donian, Druidical, Scandinavian, Roman, and monas - 

 tic antiquities, scattered over different parts of the 

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