River Doon

River Doon

The River Doon (Gaelic "Abhainn Dhùin," pronounced|avɪɲˈɣuːɲ), flows 23 miles from Loch Doon in Ayrshire, Scotland, to join the Firth of Clyde just south of Ayr. It flows north-west, passing close to the town of Dalmellington, and through the villages of Patna, Dalrymple, and also Alloway, the place of birth of Robert Burns.

Loch Doon itself was dammed in the 1930s to provide water to the Galloway Hydro Electric Scheme, operated today by Scottish Power.

The river is mentioned in Robert Burns' classic narrative poem "Tam o' Shanter".


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