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Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
Vol. 14, Issue 393, October 10, 1829

Author: Various

Release Date: February 23, 2004 [EBook #11245]

Language: English

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION.

VOL. 14, No. 393.] SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1829. [PRICE 2d.

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[Illustration: Glammis Castle]

Glammis Castle

Here is a castellated palace, or princely castle, associated with many
great and daring events in the roll of Scottish history. It stands in
the valley of Strathmore, in a park of 160 acres, a little to the north
of Glammis, a village of Angus, N.B. The original foundation is of high
antiquity; for Malcolm II. was assassinated here in the year 1034, and
the chamber in which he expired is still shown. Two obelisks, one near
the Manse, and the other in a neighbouring field, denote the places
where he was attacked. In this castle also, according to some
historians, Macbeth murdered Duncan. We notice, however, that Sir Walter
Scott, in his recently-published version of the story of Macbeth, states
the murder to have been committed at "a great castle near Inverness," in
which he is corroborated by Baethius, who says, the castle stood upon an
eminence south-east of Inverness. But Fordun says the murder was
perpetrated near Elgin; and others say at Cawdor Castle.

The Castle originally consisted of two rectangular towers, longer than
broad, with walls of fifteen feet in thickness; they were connected by a
square projection, and together formed a figure somewhat like the letter
Z, saving that in the castle all the angles were right ones; this form
gave mutual defence to every part of the building. It contains a spiral
staircase of 143 steps, reaching from the bottom to the top of the
building.

Glammis Castle is still the seat of the Strathmore family. It was given
by