Scotland

DOUNE CASTLE

Castle Road,
Doune
FK16 6EA
t: 0131 668 8831
e: hs.explorer@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
w: www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/places

This near complete castle set amid lovely Stirlingshire countryside was built as the home of Regent Albany, Scotland’s “uncrowned king”. It was later a royal residence, a power house for widowed queens and a Jacobite prison. It was partially restored in the 1880s.