Castle Douglas
Castle Douglas is a town in Dumfries as well as Galloway, Scotland. It lies in the lieutenancy location of Kirkcudbrightshire, in the eastern part of Galloway, in between the towns of Dalbeattie and also Lodge of Fleet. It remains in the clerical church of Kelton. Castle Douglas is developed alongside Carlingwark Loch in which traces of primitive crannogs can be located, proof of very early inhabitation of the area. A huge bronze cauldron containing about 100 metal objects was located in Carlingwark Loch near Fir Island regarding 1866. The hoard of devices of iron and also bronze is possibly Romano-Belgic of the late initial or early 2nd centuries AD as well as is most likely to have actually been a votive offering. It is currently in the National Museums of Scotland in Edinburgh. To the North of the community Glenlochar is the website of 2 succeeding Roman fts, the first being erected throughout the intrusion of Agricola as well as the 2nd during the Antonine period. They appear to have actually been for cavalry units and evidence has been found that a "vicus" matured around them. They were deserted completely about 160.