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Date UncertainSite Name: Long Man's Grave (Abernyte) Alternative Name: Hoolmyre; Lang Man's Grave; MacBeth's GraveCountry: Scotland County: Perth and Kinross Type: Marker Stone
Nearest Town: Perth Nearest Village: Abernyte
Map Ref: NO22183153
Latitude: 56.469447N Longitude: 3.264717W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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It is listed as Canmore ID 30663, which records in 1883, "Traditionally the grave of a suicide, or perhaps the victim of a murder; according to Hunter, that of Macbeth. The tumulus when examined, however, proved to be a 'druidical stone' that had toppled over. Nothing was found to support these traditions."
In 1969, a further report in the Canmore record says: "This grave is marked by a stone slab, 0.5m wide and 1.8m long, lying flush with the ground on the grass-verge of the road and with the modern stone dyke over-riding one end. This stone is probably a 'grave slab' and not a "standing stone" which has toppled over. There is no evidence of a cairn or tumulus." By 1989, the stone could no longer be located.
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also features a page for this tomb - see their entry for Long Man’s Grave, Abernyte, Perthshire. TNA's page includes an image of the 1867 showing the grave's location, a brief archaeology & history and a photograph of the site. TNA add local folklore, which says: “the tradition of the district is that MacBeth, finding it impossible to escape from MacDuff, threw himself from the top of the (Dunsinane) Hill, was killed upon the rocks, and buried at the ‘Lang Man’s Grave’.”
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