DOUNE, police burgh, Perthshire, Scotland, 84 m. N.W. of Stirling by the L.M.S.R. Pop. (1931) 822. It is on the left bank of the Teith, here crossed by the bridge built in 1535 by Robert Spittal, tailor to James IV. The town was once famous for pistols and sporrans. Doune castle, in a commanding position on the Teith, is believed to have been built by Murdoch, 2nd duke of Albany (d. 1425). A nephew of Rob Roy held it for Prince Charlie, and it figures in Scott's Waverley. It belongs to the earl of Moray (Murray). The braes of Doune lie to the north-west of the town and extend towards Uam Var. Deanston, i m. S.W. of Doune, on the right bank of the Teith, has cotton mills, and was the scene of James Smith's (1789-185o) agricultural experi ments in deep ploughing and machine-design.