Not content to let a long-deceased English king get all the attention, Scotland is looking to promote one of its own. Alex Johnstone, who represents Northeast Scotland in the country's Parliament, plans to devise a driving route that will be dedicated to Macbeth, according to eTurboNews. Information about the trail will be made available through leaflets and signage, along with QR barcodes (which reveal facts when scanned using a smartphone).
The proposed trail is expected to include sites such as Lumphanan, a village in Aberdeenshire where Macbeth was killed in battle in 1057, and Cairn O’Mount where he took his supporters en route to his defeat.
Famous sites such as Glamis in Angus (pictured), where Macbeth died in Shakespeare’s famous play, are also likely to be included.
Other proposed sites include Spynie castle in Pitgaveny- where the battle between Duncan and Macbeth took place - and Dunsinane, the hill fort in the hills above Perth, where Macbeth fought a battle with Earl Siward of Northumberland.
Johnstone said that, as many of the locations are spread out, the trail would fit in well with golfing holidays or trips that included the region’s whisky distilleries.
Macbeth was born in 1005 and reigned as a Scottish king between 1040 and 1057. Shakespeare’s play was written around 550 years after the king's death.