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Many thanks to The Doonside Holiday Home for facilitating this camera's location and to Ayrshire Rivers Trust for capitally funding its installation.. The River Doon is a river in South Ayrshire, Scotland. The river 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. The source of the Doon is Loch Enoch, high in the Galloway Hills. In the 1930s, the Loch Doon was dammed to provide water to the Galloway Hydro Electric Scheme, today operated by Scottish Power. The Doon is mentioned in Burns' classic narrative poem Tam o' Shanter, along with the Brig o' Doon, which crosses the river just outside of Alloway. It is also the major setting for his lesser-known poem Ye Banks and Braes.