DOUGLAS, village and parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Pop. It is on Douglas water, 4 m. from Douglas station and 1+ m. from Douglas West station, on the branch line of the L.M.S.R. from Carstairs to Ayr, S.S.W. of Lanark. It is the original home of the Douglas family. Of the old castle, Scott's Castle Dangerous, only a tower exists; it repeatedly changed hands during the wars of Edward I. The modern castle is the seat of the earl of Home. Only choir and spire remain of the i 2th-century church of St. Bride, patron saint of the Douglases. The vault beneath the choir was, until 1761, the burial-place of the family, and it contains a silver case said to hold the ashes of the heart of the "good Sir James" (1286-1330). In 1879 the choir was restored and the tombs (including that of Sir James Douglas) repaired. On the hill of Auchensaugh, 21 m. S.E., the Cameronians assembled in 1712 to renew the Solemn League and Covenant.