The best road cycling routes around Loch Mahaick

Perfect for hiking in wonderful scenery

David Stirling was a founder of the Special Air Service SAS. He was born at the family home of Keir House on the Keir Estate, close to where this memorial is situated. You can cycle the Keir Estate paths to this memorial.

Glamping spot with some interesting digs.

Known from "Monsters of the Coconut" and "Game of Thrones"

Has a milk vending machine for local milk, and fantastic ice cream

Fantastic and very clever memorial situated in a way it appears on the skyline with mountain backdrop.

The David Stirling Memorial, sometimes also called the SAS Memorial, has stood since 2002 on the Hill of Row, near Sir David's ancestral home, looking towards the mountains of the southern Highlands. The B824, from Doune to Junction 11 on the M9, runs past it, and as a result it is easy to find and visit. Its centrepiece is a statue of Colonel Sir David Stirling standing on rocks. A plaque on the memorial reads: "In remembrance of all those members of the Special Air Service Regiment who have died in the service of their country and have given their lives to uphold the principles of freedom and justice". Nearby plaques are inscribed with the names of members of the SAS Regiment who have died in service. Colonel Sir David Stirling, OBE, DSO, lived from 15 November 1915 to 4 November 1990. He was a Scottish landowner, a keen mountaineer, World War II army officer, and founder of the Special Air Service. Archibald David Stirling was born at the family home of Keir House three miles south-east of Doune.

Recent research has shown that Doune Castle was originally built in the thirteenth century, then probably damaged in the Scottish Wars of Independence,[1] before being rebuilt in its present form in the late 14th century by Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany (c. 1340–1420), the son of King Robert II of Scots, and Regent of Scotland from 1388 until his death. Duke Robert's stronghold has survived relatively unchanged and complete, and the whole castle was traditionally thought of as the result of a single period of construction at this time.[2] The castle passed to the crown in 1425, when Albany's son was executed, and was used as a royal hunting lodge and dower house. In the later 16th century, Doune became the property of the Earls of Moray. The castle saw military action during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and Glencairn's rising in the mid-17th century, and during the Jacobite risings of the late 17th century and 18th century. By 1800 the castle was ruined, but restoration works were carried out in the 1880s, prior to its passing into state care in the 20th century. It is now maintained by Historic Environment Scotland. The castle has been used in many Dramas and Films Ivanhoe, Outlaw King and is probably most famous for being Winterfell in Game of Thrones and Castle Leoch in Outlander.