Douglas

Douglas, a small town of Lanarkshire, on Douglas Water, 11 miles SSW. of Lanark. It has decayed from its former importance, though coal, lime, and sandstone are worked in the valley. Of the old kirk of St Bride, the burial-place of the Douglasses till 1761, only the choir and a spire remain. Modern Douglas Castle, a seat of the Earl of Home, is nearly a mile from the town. It is a poor successor to Scott's 'Castle Dangerous,' now represented by little more than a tower. Pop. 1018.—The scene of the 'Douglas tragedy' is Blackhouse Tower, on the Douglas Burn in Yarrow parish, Selkirkshire.