Hans Hamilton Tomb, Dunlop is a Grade A listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. Tomb. 2 related planning applications.

Hans Hamilton Tomb, Dunlop

WRENN ID
ghost-iron-thrush
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
East Ayrshire
Constituency
Kilmarnock and Loudoun MP: Lillian Jones (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 April 1971
Type
Tomb
OS grid reference
NS 404 494
Coordinates
55.71172, -4.54056
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Hans Hamilton Tomb, built in 1641, is a significant burial chamber located next to Clandeboye School. It features a crow-stepped gable and a stone roof made of squared, coursed sandstone. The tomb has a roll-moulded doorway and an eaves cornice that returns to create a string course at the gable. The central doorway has a roll-moulded architrave and a cast-iron gate, with a roll-moulded window above it. Above the window is a square panel that contains a black marble slab, which is badly corroded, situated below a relief of a skull and crossbones and the inscription "MEMENTO MORI." At the apex of the gable, there is a stone finial.

Inside, the chamber is barrel-vaulted and features an arched recess at the rear, which has grooved stonework on the arch and the inscription: "DAN: 12 CH: VER.3. THEY THAT TURN MANY TO RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL SHINE AS THE STARRES FOR EVER AND EVER." Above the arch is a central cartouche with flame-like carved stonework. A sarcophagus is located inside the arch, topped with kneeling male and female figures facing each other across a faldstool. There is a very long inscription on the tympanum. Additionally, gravestones that were originally on the floor have been inserted into the walls, including those of Janet Maxwell (on the north side) and Hans Hamilton and Janet Dedholm (on the south side).

Local climate

Hans Hamilton Tomb, Dunlop sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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