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The Brig o' Doon, Alloway, Ayrshire

Alloway 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 mediæval bridge, crosses the Doon in the south of the village. It is celebrated in the climax of Tam o' Shanter. (Read more)