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unusual facts about Doune


Doune

Doune's postal address places the town in Perthshire which is also its Registration County, although administratively Doune is under the control of Stirling Council.


Dunblane, Doune and Callander Railway

The impressive station building at Doune was demolished in 1968 (although the former station master's house survives) and the site is now occupied by housing, as is the site of the original station in Callander.

Kilmadock

Kilmadock parish (Scottish Gaelic Cille Mo Dog), containing the settlements of Doune, Deanston, Buchany, Drumvaich, and Delvorich, is situated in Stirling council area, Scotland, and is on the southern border of the former county of Perthshire.

Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany

His wife Isabella was captured in the family's fortified castle of Doune, their favourite residence, and committed to Tantallon Castle.

SS Olympia

The SS Olympia was a steamship laid down as the SS Doune Castle and upon purchase named the SS Dunbar Castle that served the northwest United States and Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush.


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