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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOTE HILL [N of Hamilton Palace] | Moat Hill Moat Hill Moat Hill Moat Hill Moat Hill Moat HIll Mote HIll |
New Statistical Account Brown's Hamilton Directory R. Graeme, Factor F. Hamilton, Writer, Hamilton W. Henderson, Town Clerk James Bar, Back Muir Lodge "Adopted - Mote, (mot say) a small particle of matter, an atom, anything very small. In Law Books it signifies a Court, or Convention" - Barclay; "Mote - a little hill or eminence, a barrow or tumulus" Jamieson |
011.16 | "In the haugh, to the north of the Palace, there is an ancient Moat Hill or seat of justice. It appears to be 30 feet in diameter at the base, and about 15 or 16 feet high, and is flat at the top. It cannot be less than 8 or 9 hundred years old, as no erections of the kind have been in use since the reign of Malcolm Canmore (Malcolm III)." New Statistical Account. |
| STATUE [Bacchus, Hamilton Palace] | Statue Statue Statue Statue |
R. Graeme, Factor F. Hamilton, Writer, Hamilton W. Henderson, Town Clerk James Bar, Back Muir Lodge |
011.16 | There is a Statue of Bacchus, standing on a pedestal, on the top of the "Moat Hill", which upon the authority of the last four named is of great age, but of what particular time cannot be found out. Part of the lower portions of the body are standing. The upper parts were destroyed about 20 years ago. |
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