Hamilton Mausoleum

Hamilton Mausoleum
Hamilton Mausoleum
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LocationHamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
DesignerDavid Hamilton
David Bryce
Materialsandstone, marble, bronze
Height37.6 m (123 ft)
Beginning date1842
Completion date1858
Interior of the mausoleum, upper view

The Hamilton Mausoleum is a mausoleum located in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.[1] It was the resting place of the family of the Dukes of Hamilton.[2] The mausoleum is Category A listed.[1] Built in the grounds of the now-demolished Hamilton Palace, its high stone vault holds the record for the longest echo within any man-made structure in the world, taking 15 seconds for the sound of a slammed door to fade.[3] In 2014 the record was thought to have been broken at the Inchindown oil storage tanks in the Scottish Highlands, however this was classed as a reverberation, rather than an echo.[4]

  1. ^ a b Historic Environment Scotland. "Hamilton Mausoleum (Category A Listed Building) (LB34518)". Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  2. ^ Hamilton's royal past, South Lanarkshire Council
  3. ^ "Hamilton Mausoleum". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  4. ^ Cox, T., 2014. Sonic wonderland: A scientific odyssey of sound. Random House.