Visit Castle Douglas Places

Welcome to Visit Castle Douglas Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Castle Douglas

  

Castle Douglas Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Castle Douglas

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Castle Douglas history

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Castle Douglas is built next to Carlingwark Loch in which traces of prehistoric crannogs can be found, evidence of early inhabitation of the area. The town’s layout is based upon the grid plan pattern of streets as used in Edinburgh’s New Town, built around the same time. Two successive Roman forts, the first being erected during the invasion of Agricola and the second during the Antonine period.

You can visit Castle Douglas places with Walkfo Castle Douglas to hear history at Castle Douglas’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Castle Douglas has 10 places to visit in our interactive Castle Douglas map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Castle Douglas, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Castle Douglas places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Castle Douglas & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 10 audio facts unique to Castle Douglas places in an interactive Castle Douglas map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Castle Douglas Places Map
10 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Castle Douglas historic spots	Castle Douglas tourist destinations	Castle Douglas plaques	Castle Douglas geographic features
Walkfo Castle Douglas tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Castle Douglas

  

Best Castle Douglas places to visit

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Castle Douglas has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Castle Douglas’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Castle Douglas’s information audio spots:

Threave Castle Threave Castle is situated on an island in the River Dee, 2.5km west of Castle Douglas in Kirkcudbrightshire. Built in the 1370s by Archibald the Grim, it was a stronghold of the “Black Douglases”, Earls of Douglas and Lords of Galloway. The excessive power of the Black Douglas lords led to their overthrow by King James II in 1455. For part of this time the castle was controlled by Princess Margaret, daughter of King Robert III.

Glenlochar Glenlochar (Gd: Gleann Lochair) is a hamlet on the western bank of the River Dee in the parish of Balmaghie in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway.

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Visit Castle Douglas plaques