The Brig o' Doon single arched bridge over the River Doon, Alloway, Ayrshire. Scotland. SCO 8570
The bridge came to great prominence in Robert Burns’ poem Tam O’Shanter, where he and Meg escape the clutches of the witch Nannie by galloping over the Brig O’Doon, leaving Nannie with nothing more than Meg’s tale. Today the bridge is no longer used for other than foot traffic and for vehicular traffic a second bridge was constructed further downstream to cope with ever increasing demands of heavy transport. The River Doon flows 23 miles from Loch Doon, joining the Firth of Clyde just south of Ayr. Its course is generally north-westerly, passing near to the town of Dalmellington, and through the villages of Patna, Dalrymple, and Alloway, birthplace of Robert Burns. In the 1930s, the Loch Doon was dammed to provide water to the Galloway Hydro Electric Scheme, today operated by Scottish Power. The Bridge gave its name to the Broadway musical, Brigadoon.
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Location: Brig o' Doon, Alloway. Ayreshire. Galloway. Scotland. United Kingdom.
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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