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  • In central Scotland, on the border of the Highlands and Lowlands, it is one of the most well preserved Scottish castles of its time. Constructed around the year 1400 upon the ruins of a previous castle, its history includes stories of Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites, Mary Queen of Scots, conspiracies, torture, and prison escapes. Join us as we explore Doune Castle. The castle of the uncrowned king.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 126

  • @HarcusCGTV
    @HarcusCGTV 2 роки тому +29

    Im always apprehensive when a North American covers my countries history. Typically, place names and people names are pronounced wrong etc, but you did a great job and as a result, a thoroughly brilliant video and a new subscriber! Thanks! Soar Alba!

  • @ramonpfister2424
    @ramonpfister2424 11 місяців тому +4

    I got to visit this great castle this past August. My trip to Scotland was a trip of a lifetime and visiting Doune castle was one of the high points. I'll be back in a couple years and I can't wait.

  • @alexandriabarnett2139
    @alexandriabarnett2139 2 роки тому +15

    My ancestor is Robert Stewart. I recently discovered this in my research and trying to learn as much as I can. So cool to see!

  • @vickilindberg6336
    @vickilindberg6336 2 роки тому +7

    Really like this castle. Hope it's kept as original as possible.

  • @randysandford4033
    @randysandford4033 3 роки тому +11

    Visited Doune Castle several years ago. It was undergoing minor repair then but it looks like big improvements have been made. Didn't know Mary Queen of Scots had a connection. Very informative. Our guide didn't tell us even half this much. Very interesting!

  • @debbiebrooks3473
    @debbiebrooks3473 Рік тому +3

    To @robertlinscott, thanks for sharing your story! That is amazing that you played in such an old and famous castle. I was in Scotland several years ago. It is such a beautiful place. The people were so friendly and nice. God bless.

  • @JerryDLTN
    @JerryDLTN Рік тому +2

    Margaret Graham, Countess of Menteith, my 22nd great grandmother was born at Doune Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland. Seeing videos like this makes me want to go there.

  • @PinnedonPlaces
    @PinnedonPlaces 3 роки тому +19

    What a stunner of a castle, can certainly see how it was the most well preserved, so beautiful to look at. Would love to take an explore there, thanks so much for sharing! :D

  • @966Mako
    @966Mako 10 місяців тому +1

    The thing I love about history, is that people just like you & me. Had to live those lives, for us to be where we are today.
    On the video, if you shot it. Is to take a mono/tripod & do still establishing shots in each new location. Hold them for 10/15 seconds, give yourself an edit point. Then do your pan or tilt, zoom ins & outs.
    26 years of Television cameraman, taught me a few things 👍🏼👍🏼

  • @tgt44e44t
    @tgt44e44t Рік тому +4

    Absolutely fabulous and epic.

  • @michellebruce5092
    @michellebruce5092 3 роки тому +8

    Great history lesson. I enjoyed the video. Hope to see more 😀

  • @AC-bm3dx
    @AC-bm3dx 2 роки тому +4

    Great work, keep them coming!!

  • @robertlinscott7719
    @robertlinscott7719 3 роки тому +123

    I used to play there as a child. We, my brother and I would get the key from the gate keepers cottage first and we were always told to close the castles gate behind on to keep the cows out. My late mother was a descendent of the Stewart's. We lived in Falkirk at the time and returned to the U.S.A..

  • @SARHistories
    @SARHistories 2 роки тому +4

    Wow it looks awesome! Very picturesque. I really must do a tour of Scotland.

  • @markperron851
    @markperron851 8 місяців тому +1

    Nice job on this. My families castle was Castle Tioram. Having lived in the states all my life it is one of the items I hope to see soon as I just retired from a 47 year career. If I do get to go I will definitely make an effort to go see Doune as well. Thank you

  • @wishgodgirl1903
    @wishgodgirl1903 3 роки тому +8

    Great video! I’d like to go there myself. It’s a wonderful castle.

  • @susanjcumming1961
    @susanjcumming1961 3 роки тому +2

    Excellent job providing a complete history. Ty

  • @karyldavidkidd7111
    @karyldavidkidd7111 Рік тому

    Thank you for sending me here algo.
    Grand footage, well edited and narrated brilliantly. And, this channel will only improve.
    Go team

  • @gracienoid44
    @gracienoid44 3 роки тому +4

    Great job on this video

  • @Kepairof
    @Kepairof Рік тому +2

    I am doing research on James Dog who was the Kepar of the Quenis Wardrop at Doune Castle during the mid 1400s. The poetry of William Dunbar records some of the story. Does anyone have any more information?

  • @jeannefrasier7644
    @jeannefrasier7644 3 роки тому +1

    Great post! Thank you.

  • @bigtex4058
    @bigtex4058 Рік тому +1

    Cool.

  • @cardboard.5126
    @cardboard.5126 2 роки тому

    I learn about it from a fanfic now I can't stop thinking about it.

  • @anthonytroisi6682
    @anthonytroisi6682 Рік тому +1

    Was the castle located on a site that provided a military advantage. Were the walls originally plastered and painted with illustrations? Was the metal screening on the windows original? What was roof made of? Was there a village around the castle?

  • @REAL_MPSS
    @REAL_MPSS 2 роки тому +2

    Does anyone know why there are Rune marking all over that castle? I was there 9 years ago and the Ing rune was everywhere. I didn’t know what it was and the people working there didn’t know anything about it. Actress Helen Mirren has the same mark as a tattoo on her hand. It’s scratched deep into most sand stone window sills and even in unreachable areas high up in bedrooms.

  • @gerrycastlemanwarde5933
    @gerrycastlemanwarde5933 10 місяців тому +1

    Visited Doune a couple of years ago! Far better that plastic Edinburgh castle!

  • @KellieEverts-h5o
    @KellieEverts-h5o 9 місяців тому +1

    The closest i got to castle s was while i climbed in north Wales Snowdonia...and the welsh had minni stone castles as homesteads now keeping sheep

  • @myriamalaux8682
    @myriamalaux8682 2 роки тому +2

    J aimerai beaucoup un sous-titrage en français s il vous plaît ,,Française passionnée par l Ecosse Écosse

  • @robertlinscott7719
    @robertlinscott7719 3 роки тому +16

    This castle was used in Monty Python's in search of the holy grail

    • @bscottb8
      @bscottb8 3 роки тому +5

      Father: "One day, lad, all this will be yours." His son: "What, the curtains?"

    • @jmunro-graham1568
      @jmunro-graham1568 3 роки тому

      And game of thrones

    • @PinnedonPlaces
      @PinnedonPlaces 3 роки тому

      So cool!!

  • @ஆரோஜெபஸ்டான்லிலூ

    looks beautiful,

  • @mousumiakter6052
    @mousumiakter6052 3 роки тому

    I like that old Royal Palace

  • @jeffro512
    @jeffro512 3 роки тому +1

    we were there in October 2019 but they had just switched to Winter hours and closed up for the day so we couldn't go in ;-(

  • @doonewatts7155
    @doonewatts7155 Рік тому +1

    Doune, doone or doon means hill fort or castle on a hill. How do I know this? Because I am called Doone

  • @pattylevesque2601
    @pattylevesque2601 3 роки тому

    good video...very informative

  • @edinburghwalks9137
    @edinburghwalks9137 3 роки тому +3

    Amazing buddy I recently uploaded a video of bonnie prince charlie house

  • @carlaschultheis3662
    @carlaschultheis3662 8 місяців тому +1

    I find some have been so restored that they are a little disapointing.

  • @striderflys
    @striderflys 2 роки тому +1

    Just there 2 weeks ago. Completely closed up

  • @stevenkilpatrick6397
    @stevenkilpatrick6397 Рік тому

    At the 7th
    minute does anyhow see those shadows left side

  • @jeraldineclark5163
    @jeraldineclark5163 3 роки тому +1

    What about the Clark castle in the high lands the jacobites destroyed . They were
    Under order of the Catholics ,

  • @fionasaunders7646
    @fionasaunders7646 Рік тому +1

    A good account,but the music is too overwhelming…. a shame

  • @AnnetteTurner-b2w
    @AnnetteTurner-b2w 2 місяці тому

    Hello cousins on Isle of Bute

  • @sixeses
    @sixeses Рік тому

    Where's Lorna?

  • @carmenstewart261
    @carmenstewart261 3 роки тому

    Ice reign. Carmen stewa

  • @nurlatifahmohdnor8939
    @nurlatifahmohdnor8939 2 роки тому

    Page 351
    Almeria at Sierra Nevada.
    Fe = Iron Ore

  • @Melissab704
    @Melissab704 2 роки тому

    Wait, there was a ‘bread oven’ that was installed after the ‘rising’ of 1745? Ba da ba!

  • @ChrisSmith-qq4mv
    @ChrisSmith-qq4mv Рік тому +1

    A very nice 👌 home. I'am reincarnated 👑 James of Scotts owner of Buckingham palace and other's.

  • @arsenarsen6450
    @arsenarsen6450 3 роки тому

    Киликия

  • @margaretsmallallan28
    @margaretsmallallan28 2 роки тому

    I wish that people who are not Scottish, asked for help in pronouncing the names! It is so comiical to hear some of the names, which takes it away from the seriousness of the subject! ........old Tich

  • @Steph-hs5jd
    @Steph-hs5jd 2 роки тому +32

    This is absolutely amazing! The history! Thinking about all the people who walked amongst the walls of this castle !

  • @robertmcdougall3166
    @robertmcdougall3166 2 роки тому +25

    Really excellent and highly informative account, I often watch similar Scottish videos with a degree of frustration due
    to inaccuracy, this is absolutely 100% spot on, so very well done. Doune is an odd castle as it is not one which is spoken about yet has such an intense history. I stay not that far away.

    • @BigBiscuit
      @BigBiscuit Місяць тому

      MacMillan here visiting... this place is absolutely beautiful!!

  • @mmintravel7926
    @mmintravel7926 3 роки тому +22

    Looks like a very beautiful castle, really impressive vlog.

    • @betsyroessner9616
      @betsyroessner9616 2 роки тому

      Excellent! Very interesting, great photography, fun to watch!

  • @patriciajrs46
    @patriciajrs46 Рік тому +7

    I enjoyed this. Thank you so much for wonderful ancient history. Scotland is indeed a beautiful land. Their castles are so well made.

  • @JanBanJoovi-ol1qv
    @JanBanJoovi-ol1qv 9 місяців тому +3

    I was here last year. You will appreciate it much more if you’re watching Outlander.

  • @elainebezuidenhout162
    @elainebezuidenhout162 3 роки тому +9

    Great video:) . Hope to see more Scottish castle videos:)

  • @WoodSprite4ever
    @WoodSprite4ever 3 роки тому +20

    You've become my favorite channel as of late 🍃🥀🍃
    I've learned that truly
    Scotland still rules England
    by the Bloodline / ancestry
    Noone in history has Defeated
    The Scotish 🥂

  • @hazelmaciver4076
    @hazelmaciver4076 3 роки тому +10

    My brother was the manager there around 2007.

  • @KeyserTheRedBeard
    @KeyserTheRedBeard 3 роки тому +7

    splendid content History Victorum. I crushed the thumbs up on your video. Continue to keep up the amazing work.

  • @garyr7027
    @garyr7027 Рік тому +2

    Most modern buildings wouldn't last near as long as these castles do. Half of America will decay and fall apart and this building will still be standing. They built these things with longevity in mind for sure.

  • @mytripUK
    @mytripUK 2 роки тому +3

    Fantastic castle, very nice tour ang explain history this castle thanks :)

  • @philipe7937
    @philipe7937 Рік тому +2

    I really enjoy this type of history.
    Thank you

  • @biggshow1045
    @biggshow1045 Рік тому +2

    I have family in Dunblane about 10 min drive.when I’m home and visiting,I’ll go to Doune castle. Now don’t laugh but I’ll lay down on the ground ,around the outside and I get dreams and intense feelings of deja vu. I had always felt someth8ng around their.I thought I was having a Scottish ancestry rush , but instead my dreams and stuff were as a Roman soldier mercenary. A story in my family was about mercenary in the family deserted the Roman’s and started living local in Ayrshire. Some relations stayed in Scotland and some went to germany. Anyway I’m going home next year can’t wait for another vision. If your in Dunblane, go to the WESTLANDS hotel,it was awesome.

    • @patriciajrs46
      @patriciajrs46 Рік тому

      A visioner. Hmmm. A history rider; saddle well and sit up straight, that your memory be recalled.

    • @dianetheisen8664
      @dianetheisen8664 Рік тому

      Cool 😎

  • @undertheyarrowbear
    @undertheyarrowbear 7 місяців тому +1

    I love the castles meant for giants and how there is extra floors to the castle buried beneath the earth from the last mud flood reset. Just amazing. Our smaller sized people definitely didn't build these with the tech we had with our horses and buggies 🤣🤣🤣

  • @janm2473
    @janm2473 3 роки тому +2

    Excellent historical video. Thank you for doing this .....I'm planning a trip to Scot., Ire. and Wales when this covid dilemma is past... Are you a Scotsman?

  • @MargaretWilson-o7f
    @MargaretWilson-o7f 8 місяців тому +1

    I lived in argaty just outside doune. My son was born there , and Doune and the surrounding area are all amazing , i went back a few yrs ago ,nothing has changed

  • @jr.rasentertainment4074
    @jr.rasentertainment4074 Рік тому +1

    Watching all the way from Vanuatu 😮😁😀👍🔥🔥🇻🇺🇻🇺🇻🇺

  • @dmbalsam
    @dmbalsam Рік тому +1

    We visited this castle last week on our tour of Scotland

  • @PaulStewartAviation
    @PaulStewartAviation 3 місяці тому

    This is enjoyable, thanks!

  • @Daehawk
    @Daehawk 2 роки тому +1

    Toilet above the kitchen. Seems suss :)

  • @surreygirl2075
    @surreygirl2075 2 роки тому +1

    Lots of empty castles in scotland

  • @annpartoon5300
    @annpartoon5300 3 роки тому +1

    Why would you have an american narrator

  • @docsama
    @docsama 3 роки тому +2

    Ancestral home!

  • @michaelwhite8031
    @michaelwhite8031 Рік тому +1

    Amazing place

  • @maryrinehart2346
    @maryrinehart2346 5 місяців тому

    First class video! I’m a Mackenzie, from my mom’s family. I hope to visit Scotland someday.

  • @l.k.atienza3989
    @l.k.atienza3989 Рік тому +1

    💖

  • @elijahhodges4405
    @elijahhodges4405 5 місяців тому

    I still prefer the King James version of the Bible.

  • @jam6987
    @jam6987 3 роки тому +1

    I live in doune

  • @elijahhodges4405
    @elijahhodges4405 5 місяців тому

    What Dark Ages?

  • @alecblunden8615
    @alecblunden8615 Рік тому

    Cecil was Lord Privy Seal and Lord Treasurer to Elizabeth -her chief adviser. Francis Walsingham was the spymaster.

  • @jacquelinetrimm3274
    @jacquelinetrimm3274 2 роки тому

    🌹🕊❤🙏😇 Sincerely Jacqueline Trimm Syme Hamblen Morrison family bloodline.

  • @chrisnelmes3786
    @chrisnelmes3786 2 роки тому

    hhhmmmmm....what else is this castle famous for...hhmmmm?

  • @sarungbandel
    @sarungbandel 2 роки тому

    Beautifull building 😙

  • @juliannelothrop6970
    @juliannelothrop6970 Рік тому

    Loved this and look forward to hearing more.

  • @marthaclark153
    @marthaclark153 3 роки тому +4

    One of my favorite castles in Scotland! Sam Heughan narrated the information about Outlander scenes at Doune Castle.

  • @xfactorchick
    @xfactorchick 2 роки тому

    I have been here. Great video!! 🙂

  • @mousumiakter6052
    @mousumiakter6052 3 роки тому

    so nice very beautiful

  • @mairiconnell6282
    @mairiconnell6282 Рік тому +1

    Interestingly, in the Army Messes we still have a call to dinner. We get a half hour call and then 15 mins. Played by a bugle. Half hour to finish drinks and ladies to the loos and 15 minutes for the men to sort out who they will be escorting into dinner. One never sits next to ones husband.

  • @synisterfish
    @synisterfish 2 роки тому +2

    'Doune' comes from a "gay lick" word?
    No, it doesn't - it comes from a Gaelic word, (which would be pronounced more like "galick")..

  • @karenabrams8986
    @karenabrams8986 3 роки тому +5

    Beautiful castles and another ugly disturbing consistent history lesson on what monarchy government was like. 🤢

    • @roblove8354
      @roblove8354 3 роки тому +5

      Simple .If you don’t like it switch it off. Nobody really wants to hear your whining opinion. You are entitled to your views but make your remarks relevant please. Rob

    • @karenabrams8986
      @karenabrams8986 3 роки тому +3

      @@roblove8354 Awwww, did you just discover social media grandpa? Avoid the comment section if you’re this bothered and fragile. 🤣

    • @docsama
      @docsama 3 роки тому

      You mean King James 1 beheading his cousins cause of Jealousy? Don't worry James Mhor escaped and had children. ;D

  • @2beer49
    @2beer49 2 роки тому

    I'm hearing a lot of could be this or might have been used for that. Not nearly enough Fact!

  • @simonjcelliot
    @simonjcelliot 2 роки тому

    Remember your coconut shells or you can’t get in…. You will be taunted

  • @BinkyTheElf1
    @BinkyTheElf1 2 роки тому

    “Hearth” rhymes with “Darth”, not “birth”.

  • @اياددردساوي
    @اياددردساوي 2 роки тому

    اللهم صل وبارك على سيدنا محمد