"Friday 14th December 2018. An ascent of Dunsinane Hill 310m/54m, Black Hill 360m/81m and King’s Seat 377m/219m, Western Sidlaw Hills, Perthshire, Central Scotland. 8.6km, with 480m of ascent. 2 hours 50mins. I was in Scotland for a weekend Advent retreat at St Mary’s Monastery near Perth (see at https://www.kinnoullmonastery.co.uk/) and, unexpectedly, had a few hours to spare after a good journey up from North Wales that day. I decided, on the spur of the moment, to head to the village of Collace for a few hours hiking in the Sidlaw Hills (see at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidlaws). I parked just south of the village in a small area at the bottom of the trail that heads south-east to the summit of Dunsinane Hill. This hill has a certain fame (see at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunsinane_Hill), as it is the reputed site of the last battle of Macbeth, King of Scotland - at least according to the English playwright William Shakespeare, following his source Holinshed. The facts of the career of this early Medieval Scottish king are rather different (see at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth,_King_of_Scotland). He met his end in a battle in north-east Scotland, now..." — marktrengove2 • Dec 14, 2018