The Site Today
The site of the Palace is now occupied by the Hamilton Palace Sports Grounds. Most of the Palace grounds were incorporated into Strathclyde Country Park. When the park was being constructed in 1974, vaulted cellars were discovered which may have belonged to the original house. However these were not excavated but instead infilled with rubble.
Several metres of wrought iron railing from the palace grounds can be seen outside Hamilton College (Scotland). Some of the fittings, and photographs of the interior, can be viewed in the Low Parks Museum (the old Palace Coachhouse) in Hamilton.
The Dining Room from Hamilton Palace was on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in the European period rooms.
The sandstone bungalows on the south side of the A74, Carlisle Road, leaving Hamilton in the direction of Ferniegair and Larkhall are reputed to have been built from stone salvaged from the palace.
The remains of the tree lined avenue which linked the palace to Chatelherault hunting lodge can still be seen. These give the visitor a good indication, particularly from Chatelherault Country Park, of where the palace stood. An Esporta health club, municipal sports facilities and an Asda superstore now stand on the site of the original palace.
Local anecdotal evidence would also suggest that the elaborate and ornately carved staircase balustrades were used as the famous red carpeted staircase in "Gone With the Wind".
Hamilton Mausoleum is still there and is open to visitors.
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