In the 1930s Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home allowed the mining of coal in the park adjacent to the castle, in an attempt to relieve desperate levels of local unemployment.
A concord was reached between the King and the Douglas faction at Douglas Castle, in August 1452 that was to last until 1455.
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