It lies either side of Carlisle Road (A72), which leads out of Hamilton to Chatelherault Country Park, Larkhall and the Clyde Valley.

Their son fought and died at the Battle of Langside (1568), and Barncluith was subsequently inherited by their grandson John Hamilton.

He is said to have held his court within the pavilion in the terrace garden, and to have carried out executions at a nearby oak tree.

[1] In the 19th century the mound on which the castle had originally stood was levelled and enclosed by a stone balustrade by David Bryce.

In 1927 Hamilton Palace was demolished, and Bishop secured a number of fragments of carved masonry which he brought to Barncluith and re-used as garden ornaments.