Belmont, a mansion in Meigle parish, Perthshire, ¾ mile S of Meigle village. A large, elegant, modern edifice adjoined to an old tower, it stands on a gentle eminence about 200 feet above sea-level; and is a seat of Edw. Montagu-Stuart Wortley-Mackenzie, first Earl of Wharncliffe (cre. 1876; b. 1827), and owner of 1940 acres in the shire, valued at £4214 per annum. Its park contains a tumulus and a block of granite which are popularly associated with the history of Macbeth.
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