What is recorded here

Doune Castle rose beside the River Teith around 1400 as Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany, built a sharp stone answer to Scotland’s restless border wars. His family lived inside the tall tower while guards watched the water below, knowing that strength must be seen before it is tested. The castle later passed to kings, endured Jacobite storms, and stood ruined until careful hands returned its roofs. It still keeps that old shape beside the river, waiting for people to remember why a strong house was needed there.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Doune Castle as Pit(s) (period Unknown)(possible), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Doune Castle was built in the late 14th century by Sir David Stewart of Baldorran for Robert II, King of Scots. It is important as a well-preserved example of a medieval Scottish border castle and is associated with the Stewart dynasty.

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