Castle Douglas
Castle Douglas is a town in Dumfries as well as Galloway, Scotland. It lies in the lieutenancy area of Kirkcudbrightshire, in the eastern part of Galloway, in between the towns of Dalbeattie and Gatehouse of Fleet. It is in the clerical parish of Kelton. Castle Douglas is built beside Carlingwark Loch in which traces of primitive crannogs can be discovered, evidence of very early inhabitation of the location. A big bronze cauldron including about 100 metal items was found in Carlingwark Loch near Fir Island about 1866. The stockpile of tools of iron as well as bronze is possibly Romano-Belgic of the late initial or early 2nd centuries AD and is most likely to have been a votive offering. It is currently in the National Museums of Scotland in Edinburgh. To the North of the town Glenlochar is the website of 2 successive Roman fts, the initial being erected during the invasion of Agricola and the 2nd during the Antonine period. They appear to have been for cavalry units and also proof has actually been found that a "vicus" grew up around them. They were deserted entirely concerning 160.
