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Douglas Water and the Blue BridgeDouglasdale refers to the valley of the Douglas Water in Lanarkshire, Scotland. 

The Douglas Water 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-glas, 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.Douglas Water

East of Douglas, the river passes under the M74 motorway, just south of the Happendon services, and turns toward the north-east again. Below the village of Rigside, the smaller Poniel Burn flows into the Douglas Water. Beyond this confluence is the small village of Douglas Water. A dismantled railway line runs between the river and the A70 for the remaining 2 miles of its course. The Douglas Water flows into the Clyde around 3 miles south of Lanark.

 

 

The Douglas Mine/Ponfeigh mine at Douglas Water. The mine was sunk in 1893. The objective was to provide coal for the Coltness Iron Company owned by the Houldsworth's from Yorkshire. They lived at Castlebank House in Lanark. Meantime, the Douglas Hume family did very nicely out of royalties! 


See also: Douglas Water, Argyll

 

 


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