STRATHAVEN CASTLE - HISTORY OF THE CASTLE ONCE OWNED BY THE BLACK DOUGLAS FAMILY

A detailed look at the history of a largely overlooked Castle in the Lanarkshire village of Strathavon. From the initial building in the 1350's to its downfall in the 1700's and all its ups and downs and changing of ownership in between.

[@annsjewells]

Enjoyed the talk, the walk about, the history, the bad, the good, and the final end! You did the story well….thank YOU!!!

[@Earthmeditation-bp3tl]

I have a lot of ancestors that were here, thank you for sharing this.

[@pauljohnson7733]

Hi ,im a direct ancestor of Archibald Douglas the 3rd Earl of Douglas 16 generations a great historical family/clan,we are also ancestors of many aristocratic families, The Conyers of Horden and another family The Parrs who Catherine Parr married a distant cousin the Neville family which we are also ancestors, so much information on these families is overwhelming, The Douglas Clan have some Castles Tantallon Castle being the greatest.Nice listening to your content keep up the good history of Scotland.

[@robertianjohnston7483]

Enjoyed your tour of our castle, and interesting facts. Thank you.

[@scotlandforeverwithjohn1647]

Im glad you liked it and thank you for the kind words :)

[@erika4ktrucking]

Its amazing how those walls still stand.❤

[@scotlandforeverwithjohn1647]

yes i agree. im glad they do tho

[@erika4ktrucking]

Very beautiful and fascinating history. 🌹

[@scotlandforeverwithjohn1647]

Thank you. We are blessed here to be surrounded by so much.

[@santiagojosecaballerocalab3750]

You’re doing a great job congratulations for showing us all about this beautiful place

[@scotlandforeverwithjohn1647]

Thank you so much for the kind words. I'm glad you are finding the videos enjoyable :)

[@alasdairniven6578]

I got rescued from the top in 1976. It's full of old mattresses and beer cans.. The sewage works down the hill is even more interesting. I see the rope swing is gone. I might be misremembering, but I think about 10 feet more of the side of tower seems to have beenlost

[@scotlandforeverwithjohn1647]

Rescued? Had you climbed it? I’ve not been to sewage works. Aye swings come and go. Made some cool but dangerous ones of those in my day around stonehouse lol

[@noraelliott7304]

Thank you, John, for the great videos of Scottish landscape and talking of the history. They are all very interesting. My mother's family are Douglas descendants. As a matter of fact they come from Douglas, Ontario, Canada but I don't know if they are from the Black or Red Douglas. However I recently learned that my great grandfather was named James and his brother was named Robert.

[@scotlandforeverwithjohn1647]

Your very welcome and glad you are enjoying. Sorry I’ve not had any recent material up but will do asap. Still improving my technique in order to get the history across better to the viewer. I love the Douglas history and luckily I have a lot on my doorstep. Definitely a subject I want to cover more. I didn’t know there was a Douglas in Canada. What is the history of the settlement, do you know? Was it people from Douglas or named after a Douglas? The blacks and reds were cousins so could be both. Was your great grandfather Scottish? I see you have a border clan name. Elliott’s were border reivers (another fascinating part of our history)

[@noraelliott7304]

Hi John. I've only learned about my Great-grandfather a little while ago. He died when my grandmother was young. Her uncle Robert helped her mother to move with other family to Saskatchewan 1000+ miles away. A trip to Douglas, Ontario is at least 3 hours away and it looks like a small place north of Ottawa, our capital city. I will see what I can find out from here first.

[@qigeoi565fdssfe]

John, when can i see the castle?

[@ChrisDouglass2141]

Keep up the great work

[@scotlandforeverwithjohn1647]

Thank you Chris for kind words. Cheers

[@darlenewood9657]

John, I'm trying to figure out whether the tower on the nearby Douglas Castle property is original to the first castle or built in the 1700s. I ask because these 2 towers seem similar in design in that they both have those rings at thirds, so to speak. Do you have an opinion as to the Douglas tower? This was a fantastic video and I hope you do more. I'm interested in seeing castles from the Bruce era up close like this. It doesn't matter that they are crumbling for my purposes. Thank you for doing this!

[@scotlandforeverwithjohn1647]

they do look similar yes. The surviving tower at Douglas is the last surviving piece of the second last period of construction on that site (1700s i think). When they built the final large stately home they kept it as a garden ornament.

[@coniwatson9512]

Thank you for this . From Alabama USA. Ancestors from Hume castle .Humes of Wedderburn and Douglas connected . Hume castle taken by Cromwell also.

[@scotlandforeverwithjohn1647]

Your welcome and I hope you got something from it :) . Hume castle is one I’ve passed near by but never yet visited. I hope to soon though. Sadly not much of the original structure survives

[@babycharliebrown]

Very interesting. I was born and brought up in the area.

[@scotlandforeverwithjohn1647]

I’m glad you found it of interest. I was born and brought up in area also :)

[@qigeoi565fdssfe]

John, where are you?

[@carlosbengasgoodvibestribe5130]

1534 was after spanishand portuguese inquisition lots of people went to scotland that time hence with the tittle black douglas

[@scotlandforeverwithjohn1647]

Yeah? I hadn’t heard that. The original black Douglas did date back to the time of Wallace / Bruce and seems to have stuck. The Douglas clan was divided between the blacks and the reds. The Red side did the dirty on the their cousins (the blacks) and took most of their lands after 1455

[@noraelliott7304]

In 1286, James Douglas, Lord Douglas, known as Good James Douglas was born. He was also known as the Black Douglas. Not sure about the information for immigration but the Black Douglas family was around since shortly after William the Conqueror came to power in England.

[@carlosbengasgoodvibestribe5130]

i send you a pdf link now with robert the bruce douglas and the creation of the kigdom o portugal and reconquistas crusade night templars

[@belindakennedy5828]

Your content is fab,but you talk way to slow.

[@scotlandforeverwithjohn1647]

Thank you, glad you like the content. Sorry, new to talking on camera and get nervous. but hopefully I am improving. Please give me time :) .

[@Michael-fl1tm]

Oh my Lord, this guy's got the personality of an end table or a block of wood.