Museum Represents a museum WC No EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Castle Douglas HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess No Activities Directions (Castle Douglas, DG7 1RU): From the Visitor Information Centre on Market Hill, Castle Douglas turn left on to King Street.  Follow this road out of town and then take the road to the left for Threave Gardens. Continue past the entrance to Threave and the Mausoleum is on the right. From the A75 take the B736 at the Threave roundabout towards Castle Douglas, turn right towards Threave Gardens and continue as above. Assisted wheelchair access OpeningTime1 11.00-14.00 OpeningDate1 27/9/2009 OpeningTime2 11.00-15.00 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 11447 Refreshments No Postcode DG7 1RU Parking Yes DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Douglas Mausoleum Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived dumfriesandgalloway Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1032 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,54.92406,-3.938598; Description An account of the resource The Mausoleum is an imposing memorial to the history of Castle Douglas and a fine example of early nineteenth century funerary architecture. It contains the remains of 25 members of the Douglas family, beginning with Sir William - the founder of Castle Douglas, who died in 1821. The last member was interred in 1965 (George Douglas from New York). The Mausoleum became an A listed building in 1971 and members of the Community Council are dedicated to preserving this historic structure.