Doune
Doune is a Village in the county of Stirling.
There are great places to visit near Doune.
Doune History
There are some historic monuments around Doune:
- Cardona, enclosure 100m SSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6546
- East Coldoch, palisaded enclosure 400m NNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6540
- Doune Roman Fort, fort 60m S of Doune Primary School Roman: fort SM12757
- Dalvey, cairn 1600m ENE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM6975
- Dalvey, cairn 1575m ENE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: mound (ritual or funerary) SM6974
- Doune Castle Secular: castle SM12765
- Gillies Hill,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM2566
- Woodside,homestead 600m SSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: homestead SM4599
- Dunblane, Bishop's Palace Ecclesiastical: precincts; Secular: house SM7707
- St Aedh's Church,church and burial ground Crosses and carved stones: tombstone; Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard SM5377
- Netherton, ring ditch 300m SSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM6994
- Blairdrummond, barrow 150m E of Old Farm Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM6555
- Carleatheran, cairn at summit, Gargunnock Hills Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM7010
- Waterside, palisaded enclosure 1050m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure SM6547
- Spittalton,enclosure 150m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6473
- East Coldoch, enclosure and ring ditch 200m NNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6541
- Wallstale,dun Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun SM2110
- The Judge's Cairn, cairn 550m NW of Dalbrack Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM6988
- Glenhead,standing stone 100m E of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM1551
- Easter Coillechat, cairn 550m N of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM6985
- Wallstale,limekilns 100m W of Industrial: kiln, furnace, oven SM3680
- Kippenross House,burial mound 400m NNW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: mound (ritual or funerary) SM4502
- Boghall, ring ditch 350m SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM6539
- Hollandbush,limekilns 100m W of Industrial: kiln, furnace, oven SM4117
- Brokencastle,dun 600m NE of Dasher Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun SM2547
- Coldoch, broch Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM1593
- Craighead Lodge,mound 100m NW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: mound (ritual or funerary) SM6475
- Broch, rock shelter and cup marked rocks, 165m W of Leckie House Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM3099
- Leckie Burn,bridge 230m WSW of Watson House Secular: bridge SM2554
- Touch Muir,dun Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun SM2243
- Tullochanknowe Villa,mound NW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: mound (ritual or funerary) SM3201
- Castlehill Wood, dun 780m S of Touch Mollar Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun SM177
- Glenhead,standing stones 550m S of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM1550
- Cromlix Lodge, hut circle 1000m NNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM6557
- Dasher, fort 600m ENE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM7009
- Mill of Torr,ring ditch 450m ENE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM6477
- Wester Craigend, dun 300m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun SM2121
- Arnhall Castle Secular: castle SM5424
- Dalvey, cairn 1450m ENE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM6977
- Blairdrummond, motte 400m SSE of Old Farm Secular: motte SM6554
- Cromlix Lodge, long cairn 1000m WNW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: long cairn SM6556
- Mill of Torr,fort 300m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM6476
- Craighead,palisaded enclosure 400m WNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure SM6474
- King's Park,cup & ring mark Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM2540
- Murrayshall Farm, dun 200m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun SM7016
- Castlehill, hut circle 350m S of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM7017
- Knock Hill,fort 150m NE of summit Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM6478
- Dunblane Cathedral and precinct, buried remains Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard SM90109
History of Doune
Doune was also famous for its manufacture of pistols, but this eventually ceased due to the competition of manufacturers in, for example, Birmingham where production was cheaper. Today, these pistols are collected and can be found in major museums, including the Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Allegedly a Doune pistol fired the first shot of the American War of Independence.
