Doune Castle, Central Scotland
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Doune Castle, Stirling, Central Scotland, Scotland
On The Map: Doune Castle is located in the town of Doune in Central Scotland. Doune is located approx. 8 miles northwest of Stirling along the A84 road to Callander. Callander is a further 16 miles northwest of the Castle.
Doune Castle has a rich and varied history, dating from the late 1300s. It's a fascinating place and visitors get a real sense of what life was like in a living, working castle. A labyrinthine collection of rooms, passageways and staircases are available to explore, and The Lord's Hall is particularly well-preserved.
Many people visit the castle for reasons other than a history lesson. If it looks familiar, that's not surprising, as Doune regularly appears in TV shows and movies. Currently, Doune stars as Castle Leoch, the seat of Clan MacKenzie, in the acclaimed 'Outlander' TV series. The castle is used for exterior scenes of the fictional Castle Leoch, but production designers also used molds of the architecture at Doune to build sets at the studio for interior castle shots.
Doune is also the castle used in most 'castle scenes' of the cult 1975 movie 'Monty Python & The Holy Grail'. More recently, Doune Castle has again gained fame for its use in the opening episode of the 'Game of Thrones' mini-series, transformed into Winterfell using CGI technology.