
What is recorded here
Shancastle Doon marks a track in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. No date, owner or purpose survives in the provided facts. The name doon suggests a valley or descent, yet the track may have crossed a ridge, bypassed a marsh or served a forgotten field. Its exact position is known within ten metres, but human intent remains absent from the facts.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Shancastle Doon as Track(s) (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
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Photo: Colin Kinnear · CC BY-SA 2.0