Hill-Bagging

By Dugswell2

Douglas @ Douglas Water & It's Raining Again.

The small village of Douglas Water is found below the confluence of the smaller Poniel Burn and the Douglas Water.
The Douglas Water (Scottish Gaelic: Dùghlas) is a river in south-central Scotland, and is a tributary of the River Clyde. Its course is entirely within the South Lanarkshire council area. The river's name comes from the Gaelic dubh-ghlas, meaning black water.
The river rises in the hills which separate Lanarkshire from Ayrshire, to the south west of Muirkirk. The source is close to that of the River Ayr, which flows west to the sea, but the Douglas Water runs north-east then east, past Glespin and into Douglasdale. Here the river flows through the village of Douglas, and past the scant remains of Douglas Castle. The castle was a stronghold of the House of Douglas, a powerful medieval family, whose Norman ancestors settled here in the 12th century and took their surname from the river. The A70 road follows the river through Douglasdale, and on to the Clyde.

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