Difference between revisions of "Template:FP-Alloway"
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|cap=The Brig o' Doon, Alloway, Ayrshire | |cap=The Brig o' Doon, Alloway, Ayrshire | ||
| − | |text='''Alloway''' is a village in [[Ayrshire]] a little south of [[Ayr]]. It is best known as the birthplace of | + | |text='''Alloway''' is a village in [[Ayrshire]] a little south of [[Ayr]]. It is best known as the birthplace of Robert Burns, and is also the setting for his narrative poem ''Tam o' Shanter''. |
| − | The village stands on the banks of the River Doon, a few miles from the sea, the village running contiguously into Doonfoot where the Doon enters the sea across a broad beach. Alloway is now partly contiguous with Ayr, growing into a suburb the two separated by narrow parks and a golf course. The Brig o' Doon, a late | + | The village stands on the banks of the River Doon, a few miles from the sea, the village running contiguously into Doonfoot where the Doon enters the sea across a broad beach. Alloway is now partly contiguous with Ayr, growing into a suburb the two separated by narrow parks and a golf course. The Brig o' Doon, a late mediæval bridge, crosses the Doon in the south of the village. It is celebrated in the climax of ''Tam o' Shanter''.}}<noinclude> |
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