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| | Historical perspective for Hamilton Palace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) |
 | | A moathill towards the N of the park is 30 feet in diameter at the base, and 16 high, and it has been referred to at least as far back as the time of Malcolm Ceannmor. |
 | | The runic stone-cross, 4 feet high, in the vicinity, is supposed to have been the market-cross of NethertonHamilton gives the titles of Baron and Duke in the peerage of Scotland to the noble family of HamiltonDouglas, and that of Marquess to the Duke of Abercorn. |
 | | His other titles are Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale, Earl of Angus, Arran, and Lanark, Lord Hamilton, Avon, Polmont, Mackanshire, Innerdale, Abernethy, and Jedburgh Forest in the peerage of Scotland, and Baron of Dutton. |
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