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Dal sito scotlandthemovie.com: «Doune Castle is signposted from the main road going through Doune and has a free car park next to it. The castle is in the care of Historic Scotland and, although there is an admission charge, you can walk around the outside for free. However it's worth paying the modest entry charge to look over the inside of the castle, walk the battlements and scale the towers from which there are excellent views of the River Forth. It was built shortly after 1440 by Sir George Crichton who...».

Dal sito caledoniancastles.co.uk:  

«Jutting out into the Firth of Forth, protecting the one time seaport of Linlithgow. The present building was begun in the 15th century. an oblong keep with round stair tower at the north-east angle. In 1537 the walls of the keep were thickened and gun emplacements were built. Cromwell besieged and damaged the castle, Charles II later it had repaired. The keep was then used as a prison, providing comfortable confinement for distinguished covenanters, and...».

Dal sito castlepictures.com:  

«The castle is long and narrow because of the shape of the rock on which it is situated and it is sometimes called ' the ship that never sailed '. It guards the bay at Blackness and is only a few miles from Linlithgow Palace. The first castle was built in the middle of the 15th century by Sir George Crichton, Earl of Caithness, a member of one of the most powerful families in Scotland. King James II acquired Blackness in 1453 when...».