- Loch Doon
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lake_name = Loch Doon
image_lake = Loch Doon.jpg
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location =Carrick, Scotland
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type =loch
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outflow =River Doon
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cities =Loch Doon (Gaelic "Loch Dhùin," pronounced|ɫ̪ɔxˈɣuːɲ) is a body of water, in
Carrick, Scotland . It is the source of theRiver Doon .In the
13th century , it was a site of a castle owned by the Earls of Carrick. During theScottish Wars of Independence it was held by one Gille Brighde, SirGilbert de Carrick , a native Carrick nobleman who surrendered it to the English. It was soon recovered by the Scots. In the15th century , it was frequently in the hands of the Kennedy Clan, although it was briefly in the hands of the Maclellans (backed byWilliam Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas ) after a siege in1446 . The castle was destroyed in the16th century by King James V as part of a general policy of reducing the power of the barons.The loch was dammed in the 1930s to provide water for the
Galloway hydro-electric power scheme . During its construction, the ruins of the castle were moved from an island in the Loch to the shore to avoid the rising water.
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