During the 1715 rising, the Jacobites used Doune Castle as a prison for government sympathisers captured in the Stirlingshire area. The castle's strategic position in the Forth valley made it useful for controlling communications between the Highlands and the Lowlands. Government prisoners were held there during the campaign.
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