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:
- Craighead,palisaded enclosure 400m WNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure SM6474
- Brokencastle,dun 600m NE of Dasher Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun SM2547
- Doune Castle Secular: castle SM12765
- Coldoch, broch Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM1593
- Castlehill Wood, dun 780m S of Touch Mollar Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun SM177
- Kippenross House,burial mound 400m NNW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: mound (ritual or funerary) SM4502
- Woodside,homestead 600m SSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: homestead SM4599
- 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
- Cardona, enclosure 100m SSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6546
- Dunblane, Bishop's Palace Ecclesiastical: precincts; Secular: house SM7707
- East Coldoch, palisaded enclosure 400m NNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6540
- Waterside, palisaded enclosure 1050m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure SM6547
- Wester Craigend, dun 300m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun SM2121
- Dalvey, cairn 1600m ENE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM6975
- Blairdrummond, motte 400m SSE of Old Farm Secular: motte SM6554
- Gillies Hill,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM2566
- Carleatheran, cairn at summit, Gargunnock Hills Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM7010
- 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
- Knock Hill,fort 150m NE of summit Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM6478
- Wallstale,dun Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun SM2110
- Castlehill, hut circle 350m S of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM7017
- Glenhead,standing stone 100m E of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM1551
- Arnhall Castle Secular: castle SM5424
- King's Park,cup & ring mark Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM2540
- Dalvey, cairn 1450m ENE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM6977
- Dunblane Cathedral and precinct, buried remains Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard SM90109
- Mill of Torr,fort 300m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM6476
- Blairdrummond, barrow 150m E of Old Farm Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM6555
- Tullochanknowe Villa,mound NW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: mound (ritual or funerary) SM3201
- Murrayshall Farm, dun 200m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun SM7016
- Cromlix Lodge, long cairn 1000m WNW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: long cairn SM6556
- Glenhead,standing stones 550m S of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM1550
- Spittalton,enclosure 150m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6473
- Dasher, fort 600m ENE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM7009
- Craighead Lodge,mound 100m NW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: mound (ritual or funerary) SM6475
- East Coldoch, enclosure and ring ditch 200m NNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM6541
- Dalvey, cairn 1575m ENE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: mound (ritual or funerary) SM6974
- Touch Muir,dun Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun SM2243
- Hollandbush,limekilns 100m W of Industrial: kiln, furnace, oven SM4117
- Leckie Burn,bridge 230m WSW of Watson House Secular: bridge SM2554
- Cromlix Lodge, hut circle 1000m NNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM6557
- Doune Roman Fort, fort 60m S of Doune Primary School Roman: fort SM12757
- Mill of Torr,ring ditch 450m ENE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM6477
- Wallstale,limekilns 100m W of Industrial: kiln, furnace, oven SM3680
- Easter Coillechat, cairn 550m N of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM6985
- The Judge's Cairn, cairn 550m NW of Dalbrack Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM6988
- Boghall, ring ditch 350m SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM6539
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.
