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Birches at Doune Ponds
A nature reserve on the site of old sand and gravel pits.
Image: © M J Richardson
Taken: 4 Apr 2010
0.02 miles
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Gate, Doune Ponds Nature Reserve
From the car park.
Image: © Richard Webb
Taken: 13 Jan 2023
0.03 miles
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Station Wynd, Doune
Entrance to a small car park for Doune Ponds.
Image: © Richard Webb
Taken: 7 Jun 2017
0.05 miles
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The Trysting Stone
A large standing stone, situated beside the entrance to Doune Ponds. According to the information board, it was also known by other names: The Deil's Head; The Fairy Stone; and The Goldstone, as well as The Trysting Stone. The latter two are connected to the cattle fairs or 'Trysts', held outside Doune in the 18th century. During the fairs, the stone was used as a counter, where gold was paid for the 'black cattle'.
According to Canmore https://canmore.org.uk/site/24761/doune it was 'Traditionally said to have been a Roman Signal stone...' and that it 'rests in the debris of a long-disappeared sawmill beside the railway'.
The stone has been moved from its original location and is now about 70m further north. This prersumably happened when new houses were built around about the original location.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 9 Jul 2021
0.05 miles
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Entrance to Doune Ponds
Off Station Wynd, Doune.
Doune Ponds is a local nature reserve located in an old sand and gravel quarry.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 9 Jul 2021
0.05 miles
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Welcome to Doune Ponds
Information board for the reserve.
Image: © M J Richardson
Taken: 4 Apr 2010
0.06 miles
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Azure damselfly
A male azure damselfly, Coenagrion puella resting on a leaf at the water's edge at Doune Ponds. There were several individuals flying around, including mating pairs, together with a few large red damselflies, Pyrrhosoma nymphula.
Doune Ponds is a local nature reserve located in an old sand and gravel quarry.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 9 Jul 2021
0.06 miles
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Doune Ponds
Former sand quarry, now wooded and partly flooded. There is a good path network.
Image: © Richard Webb
Taken: 7 Jun 2017
0.07 miles
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Dipping platform, Doune Ponds
A curved boardwalk at the edge of one of the ponds. This is an ideal spot to dip a net into the water and see what you can find. The sign on the right shows illustrations of the kinds of invertebrate animals that might be found.
The ponds are part of a local nature reserve located in an old sand and gravel quarry.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 9 Jul 2021
0.07 miles
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Doune Ponds Nature Reserve Information Board
A small reserve that has been established on the site of an old sand and gravel quarry.
Image: © M J Richardson
Taken: 4 Apr 2010
0.07 miles