Series 1 > Tours in Scotland 1747, 1750, 1760

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TOUR THROUGH SCOTLAND, 1760.
house.1 At one end of it is the Parish Church in ruins, which
is the burial place of the family.2 The late Duke’s father built
a very handsome church 3 on the hill, in this shape—
Hamilton is a well-built town, in which they have a linnen
manufactory. The Duke built good walls, and has all kind of
fruits on them in great perfection.
On the 24th I set out for Glasgow, and in a mile crossed
the Clyde on a bridge, and rode through a very fine country,
in all eight miles to Glasgow. Two miles from Hamilton we
came to Bothwell, where there is a small Gothick church
covered with stone about two inches thick in a singular
manner.4 In each stone is a small segment of a circle, and one
is laid over the joints in this manner5 in order
to keep out the water. It was a collegiate church, founded in
1398 by Archibald Earl of Douglass, for a provost and eight
prebendaries.—I am, etc.
1 The Palace (never called a House) was very much altered and enlarged by
the grandfather of the present Duke, who also made one of the finest collec¬
tions of art in the kingdom. This was dispersed by the present Duke a few
years ago by auction in London.
2 This church, in ruins, was finally removed at the alterations in the Palace,
as it stood close to the buildings, and the same Duke that enlarged the Palace
(Duke Alexander) expended an enormous sum in making a new burial-place for
the family. He built a huge Mausoleum, in imitation of the Emperor Hadrian’s
tomb at Rome, on a knoll of ground in the park. y
3 Erected in 1732, from a design by Mr. Adams.
4 A new church, with tower, has been added to the old one, which is retained
as a burial-chapel, forming part of the cruciform structure.
5 ‘ The arched roof is covered with large polished flags of stone, somewhat
in the form of pan-tiles.’—Old Stat. Ac., vol. xvi. p. 321.