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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Doon Castle (Broch) Alternative Name: Ardwell PointCountry: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Nearest Town: Stranraer Nearest Village: Ardwell
Map Ref: NX0670244683 Landranger Map Number: 82
Latitude: 54.759777N Longitude: 5.005741W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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macd visited on 29th Jul 2023 It has been tidied up quite a bit since my last visit in 2014 and the interior has been emptied out and levelled off with hardcore. It's a bit neat now! I'm not sure how much is original and how much has been rebuilt recently.
drolaf visited on 31st Mar 2022 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 3 a great location-the broch is on a very steep rock outcrop, and would have been very hard to attack, but also very hard to escape from.
markj99 visited on 12th Sep 2020 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 3 Doon Castle Broch is my favourite local site to visit. The name may be confusing to some people because there is a Doon Castle in Ayrshire on Loch Doon. Doon Castle Broch is on Ardwell Point in Dumfries and Galloway.
A site of this quality deserves more visitors however the isolated location discourages people. There is the problem of the rocky road after West Ardwell Farm however it just requires careful driving on a short stretch to reach the Ardwell Bay car park. There is a sandy beach for non-antiquarians to amuse themselves while TMAers visit Doon Castle.
SolarMegalith visited on 21st Sep 2016 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 4
Andy B have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2 Ambience: 5 Access: 3.33
Situated on a spit of land pointing out into the North Channel, Doon Castle, dating from approx 100BC, would have presented a spectacular sight when first built. The vast majority of Brochs in Scotland are located in the North West of the country and this is the best of the four or so examples found within reach of Stranraer in the South West . The walls of Doon Castle Broch are around 2 metres high and 4 metres thick. Unusually, there are two entrances, one pointing landwards and one sewards. Two distinct 'rooms' are discernable between the inner and outer walls.
For more information see Canmore ID 60487 which includes archaeology notes and an extract from a 1986 Publication Account.
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