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Lake of Menteith – Doune Castle loop from Gartmore

Lake of Menteith – Doune Castle loop from Gartmore

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Lake of Menteith – Doune Castle loop from Gartmore

02:12

52.6km

370m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 28, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.23 km

Bike Path to Aberfoyle in Queen Elizabeth Forest Park

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Excellent quality bike path, well signed and good to get off the main road.

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10.1 km

Lake of Menteith

Highlight • Historical Site

Lake of Menteith, also known as Loch Inchmahome.

Inchmahome Priory is situated on Inchmahome, the largest of three islands in the centre of the Lake of Menteith. The priory was founded in 1238 by the Earl of Menteith, Walter Comyn, for a small group of members of the Augustinian order (the Black Canons). The Comyn family were one of the most powerful in Scotland at the time, and had an imposing country house on Inch Talla, one of the other islands on the Lake of Menteith. There is some evidence that there had been a church on the island before the priory was established.

The priory received many notable guests throughout its history. King Robert the Bruce visited three times: in 1306, 1308 and 1310. His visits were likely politically motivated, as the first prior had sworn allegiance to Edward I, the English king. In 1358, the future King Robert II stayed at the priory. In 1547, the priory served as a refuge for Queen Mary, aged four, hidden there for a few weeks following the disastrous defeat of the Scots army at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh during the Rough Wooing.

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19.3 km

Thornhill Main Street

Highlight • Settlement

Historically part of Perthshire, the village is in the civil parish of Kincardine and the church parish of Norrieston (separated ecclesisistically from Kincardine in 1877), named from the much earlier village of Norrieston, which lay a little to the east of Thornhill. It is situated on a slight elevation at the western edge of the Carse of Stirling, an area of flat agricultural land which forms the upper part of the floodplain of the River Forth. Much of the land within the Carse was bogland until the late 18th century when concerted efforts were made to clear away the peat and expose the fertile clay soil below. Flanders Moss, the largest remaining area of lowland bog in Scotland and a site of special scientific interest, lies to the south west.

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27.3 km

Doune Castle

Highlight • Historical Site

this Castle has been usedin the lovely Serie Outlander as Leoch Castle. at the moment can be visited as it is beeing renovated. Closed to the Teith river and in Doune Village

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27.9 km

Doune Clock Tower

Highlight • Other

Doune was also famous for its manufacture of pistols, but this eventually ceased due to the competition of manufacturers in, for example, Birmingham where production was cheaper. Today, these pistols are collected and can be found in major museums, including the Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Allegedly a Doune pistol fired the first shot of the American War of Independence.

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28.6 km

View of the River Teith and Castle Ruins

Highlight • Viewpoint

The River Teith is formed from the confluence of two smaller rivers, the Garbh Uisge (River Leny) and Eas Gobhain at Callander, Stirlingshire. It flows into the River Forth near Drip north-west of Stirling.

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52.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

34.0 km

14.7 km

3.35 km

484 m

185 m

Surfaces

52.2 km

302 m

189 m

Elevation

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Highest point (80 m)

Lowest point (20 m)

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Sunday 12 July

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Lake of Menteith – Doune Castle loop from Gartmore

Bike Path to Aberfoyle in Queen Elizabeth Forest Park

Lake of Menteith

Thornhill Main Street

Doune Castle

Doune Clock Tower

View of the River Teith and Castle Ruins

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