River Doon
The River Doon (
Patna,[1] Dalrymple, and Alloway, birthplace of Robert Burns. The source of the Doon is Loch Doon, high in the Galloway Hills
.
In the 1930s Loch Doon was dammed to provide water to the
Scottish Power
.
The Doon is mentioned in Burns' classic narrative poem "
The Banks O' Doon
".
Course
The River Doon begins at Loch Doon, flowing in a northwesterly direction from the loch. The loch is dammed at the source of the river by the Loch Doon Dam. The river flows north from the loch through Ness Glen, a densely forested
gorge.[2]
The Doon ends its nearly 40-mile course at the Firth of Clyde, just south of Ayr.[3]
References
- ^ McLean, David (9 February 2021). "The tiny Scottish village named after an Indian city of 2.5 million people". The Scotsman. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ Murray, Thomas (1868). Murrays' Scottish Tourist: An Illustrated Companion to the Routes in Murrays' Time Tables. Scotland: Thomas Murray. p. 38.
- ^ "River Doon". Ayrshire Rivers Trust. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
External links
- River Doon at the Ayrshire Rivers Trust
55°26′22″N 4°39′00″W / 55.43944°N 4.65000°W
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