Macbeth was King of Scotland between 1040 and 1057. He became King after killing King Duncan I. Malcolm Canmore, son of King Duncan, attacked Macbeth at his castle near Perth. Macbeth was out numbered so retreated and tried to get to Forres where he had reinforcements. During his journey Macbeth and his 400 men stopped at Lumphanan to rest and to get water from the well, which is now called Macbeth’s well. While they rested, Malcolm surrounded Lumphanan making it difficult for Macbeth to escape. Macbeth chose to stay and fight. The battle was lost and Macbeth was beheaded on a broad stone near Cairnbeathie, now known as Macbeth’s stone. His head was taken to Prince Malcolm at Kincardine O’Neil. Macbeth’s body was buried on the outskirts of Lumphanan under stones now known as Macbeth’s Cairn. His body was later removed for proper burial in Iona. This is where all Scottish Kings were buried. However it has since been discovered that the bones buried in Iona are not Macbeth’s at all, and that it’s believed that his body is at rest in the grounds of St Finan's Church yard. It was well known that Macbeth visited the Monks of St Finan and stayed over with them when in the North of Scotland.

Our Thanks to Mr Ian Thomson for submitting this.

Time Line
2000 BC-------Macbeth’s Cairn (Neolithic Burial Ground)
800 AD--------St Finan’s Settlement
1005----------Birth of Macbeth
1040----------Macbeth crowned King of Scotland
1057-----------Macbeth Killed in Lumphanan
1066-----------Battle of Hastings
1200-----------Peel ring was built
1296-----------Edward I Visited Lumphanan
1605-----------Castle built at Auchenhove
1745-----------Jacobite Rebellion
1782-----------Manor on Longer occupied at Peel Ring
1850-----------Stothert Memorial Church was built
1859-----------Railway reached Lumphanan
1872-----------Glenmillan House built
1924-----------Lumphanan Golf Coarse was opened
1962-----------Golf Course Closed
1965-----------Lumphanan School opened
1966-----------Railway closed
1977 ----------Queen’s Silver Jubilee 1st Lumphanan Gala
1994-----------9 Hole Golf Course re-opened
2000-----------Millennium
2202-----------Queen’s Golden Jubilee
2005-----------1000 years Anniversary of Macbeth Birth