Belliduff, Belmont Castle
Cairn (Bronze Age), Cist (Bronze Age)
Site Name Belliduff, Belmont Castle
Classification Cairn (Bronze Age), Cist (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 30823
Site Number NO24SE 15
NGR NO 28897 44215
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/30823
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Meigle
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO24SE 15 2890 4421
(NO 2890 4421) Belliduff (OE)
(Tumulus) (OE)
OS 6" map (1902)
The site was visited by O G S Crawford 14.10.1939, who describes it as a 'fine, well preserved round-barrow about 9ft high and grass-grown'.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Publication Account (1859)
Belliduff, a tumulus traditionally marking the spot where Macbeth was slain and buried was investigated by Dr Wise c 1855, and in the centre, c 2 ft below the surface, a stone 'coffin' was found. It lay N.W. by S.W. and was c 3'3" long, 2' broad and 1'3" deep, composed of stone slabs with the bare soil for a floor. No bones were found in it.
A Jervise 1859
Field Visit (12 July 1943)
This site was included within the RCAHMS Emergency Survey (1942-3), an unpublished rescue project. Site descriptions, organised by county, vary from short notes to lengthy and full descriptions and are available to view online with contemporary sketches and photographs. The original typescripts, manuscripts, notebooks and photographs can also be consulted in the RCAHMS Search Room.
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 10 December 2014.
Field Visit (14 February 1969)
A turf-covered stony mound 2.0 m max height, with a hollowed-out centre, which appears to be a cairn rather than a tumulus. At its base on the north side are a number of large stones, probably removed from the central hollow or excavation, together with stones cleared from the adjoining field. No information found regarding excavation.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (WDJ), 14 February 1969
Field Visit (6 April 1989)
This cairn, which is situated some 380m NE of Belmont Castle (NO24SE 19), measures 15m in diameter and 1.8m in height. A 19th-century investigation located an apparently-empty cist two feet (0.6m) below the surface of the mound. Although heavily overgrown on the date of visit, the position of the cist is now marked by a hollow on the crest of the cairn. At the N edge of the mound there are several large stones; some are the product of field clearance but others may have formed parts of the cist.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 6 April 1989.
