Castle Douglas
Castle Douglas is a town in Dumfries as well as Galloway, Scotland. It hinges on the lieutenancy area of Kirkcudbrightshire, in the eastern part of Galloway, in between the towns of Dalbeattie as well as Gatehouse of Fleet. It remains in the clerical parish of Kelton. Castle Douglas is built beside Carlingwark Loch in which traces of primitive crannogs can be located, evidence of very early inhabitation of the area. A huge bronze cauldron consisting of about 100 metal objects was found in Carlingwark Loch near Fir Island concerning 1866. The heap of tools of iron and bronze is most likely Romano-Belgic of the late initial or very early second centuries AD and also is most likely to have actually been a votive candles offering. It is currently in the National Museums of Scotland in Edinburgh. To the North of the community Glenlochar is the site of 2 successive Roman fts, the first being erected during the intrusion of Agricola and the 2nd during the Antonine period. They show up to have been for cavalry systems and also evidence has actually been discovered that a "vicus" matured around them. They were abandoned completely regarding 160.