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unusual facts about Glamis


Hunter's Hill Stone

The Hunter's Hill Stone, otherwise known as the Glamis 1 Stone, is a Class II Pictish standing stone at Hunter's Hill to the south east of Glamis village, Angus, Scotland.


Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

Aside from the Earldoms, the Earl holds the subsidiary titles: Viscount Lyon (created 1677), Lord Glamis, Tannadyce, Sidlaw and Strathdichtie (1677), Lord Lyon and Glamis (1606), Lord Glamis (1445) and Baron Bowes (1887) of Streatlam Castle, in the County of Durham, and of Lunedale, in the County of York.

Glamis Stone

The Glamis Manse Stone - a Class II Pictish standing stone in Glamis, otherwise known as Glamis 2

The Glamis Hunter's Hill Stone - a Class II Pictish standing stone near Glamis, Angus, Scotland, otherwise known as Glamis 1

John Lyon, 7th Lord Glamis

Along with his mother, who had married as her second husband Archibald Campbell of Skipnish, Glamis and others were in July 1537 placed on trial on the charge of conspiring to cause the death of James V of Scotland by poison.

Malcolm II of Scotland

Tradition, dating from Fordun's time if not earlier, knew the Pictish stone now called "Glamis 2" as "King Malcolm's grave stone".


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