Castle Douglas
Castle Douglas is a community in Dumfries and also Galloway, Scotland. It lies in the lieutenancy area of Kirkcudbrightshire, in the eastern part of Galloway, between the towns of Dalbeattie and also Gatehouse of Fleet. It is in the ecclesiastical parish of Kelton. Castle Douglas is constructed beside Carlingwark Loch in which traces of prehistoric crannogs can be found, evidence of very early inhabitation of the location. A large bronze cauldron consisting of regarding 100 metal objects was discovered in Carlingwark Loch near Fir Island regarding 1866. The stockpile of devices of iron and bronze is probably Romano-Belgic of the late very first or very early second centuries AD and is most likely to have actually been a votive offering. It is now in the National Museums of Scotland in Edinburgh. To the North of the town Glenlochar is the website of two successive Roman forts, the very first being erected during the intrusion of Agricola as well as the second throughout the Antonine duration. They show up to have been for cavalry devices and proof has been discovered that a "vicus" grew up around them. They were abandoned completely about 160.
