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amiga386today at 12:38 AM0 repliesview on HN

I note that Dunsinane Hill isn't on the map.

You know the line "Macbeth shall never vanquished be until / Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill / Shall come against him"? Or "I will not be afraid of death and bane, / 'til Birnam Forest come to Dunsinane."

Birnam Wood is a real place though it used to be a lot bigger, it was gradually chopped down by humans and now all that's left is the Birnam Oak, which is at least 600 years old and it's believed Shakespeare either visited it, or at least heard of it while visiting Perthshire.

Dunsinane Hill on the other hand... it is a real place, but not much to see. There's no palace or castle, just the remains of an iron age hill fort, which Macbeth probably did not use.

Dunsinane was the site of a battle between Macbeth and Siward, Earl of Northumbria in 1054, who was leading an English army to try and install (we presume) Malcolm as King of Scotland. Macbeth lost, but he wasn't killed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dunsinane

Macbeth was killed by Malcolm in the Battle of Lumphanan in 1057: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lumphanan

Also, Macbeth didn't kill King Duncan in his sleep, he killed him in the Battle of Bothnagowan in 1040: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pitgaveny