Lumphanan

Lumphanan

Lumphanan, is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland located 25 miles from Aberdeen and 10 miles from Banchory. It has two pubs, one in the village called "The MacBeth Arms" and one about three miles from the village centre named "The Cross".

Lumphanan is documented to be the site of a battle in 1057 AD, where Malcolm III of Scotland defeated Macbeth of Scotland. Macbeth was mortally wounded on the north side of the Mounth in 1057, after retreating with his men over the Cairnamounth Pass to take his last stand at the battle at Lumphanan. [Andrew Wyntoun, "Original Chronicle", ed. F.J. Amours, vol. 4, pp 298-299 and 300-301 (c. 1420)] The "Prophecy of Berchán" has it that he was wounded at Lumphanan and died at Scone, sixty miles to the south, some days later. [The exact dates are uncertain, Woolf gives 15 August, Hudson 14 August and Duncan, following John of Fordun, gives 5 December; "Annals of Tigernach" 1058.5; "Annals of Ulster" 1058.6.] Mac Bethad's stepson Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin was installed as king soon after.

Along with a short, but challenging nine hole golf course, Lumphanan also has a recently refurbished multi sports court, furthermore there is a flood lit sports training area situated in the large play park, which is available for use by request. Lumphanan's summer league football team are nicknamed "The Wildcats", and Scott Middleton has been their most successful recent manager.Bob White came close this year to having a good season,but the unavailability of some key experienced players was always going to hinder him. Rumour has it that the great "Swavvy" is about to make a come back, after some years playing on the continent, another rumour circulating is that there is need for a management change, by far the most popular name being mentioned presently is "Goola", a local legend.

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* [http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/towns/townfirst4121.html article]


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