Hamilton Mausoleum

Hamilton Mausoleum

Hamilton Mausoleum
Location	Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Designer	David Hamilton David Bryce
Material	sandstone, marble, bronze
Height	37.6 m (123 ft)
Beginning date	1842
Completion date	1858

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]