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Description: | The auld brig spans the river Doon about 1 1/2 miles upstream from the river mouth and was built in the 14th century. This is an unusual view by DO. Hill looking down on the brig from the South. A flock of sheep is seen being driven across by a man on horseback with his sheep dog.
The Brig o' Doon was situated on the main highway from Ayr to Maybole at the time when Burns composed his famous poem of Tam o' Shanter which featured the Brig in the final stanzas describing Tam's escape from the witches.
Through the trees Burns Monument is shown and cottages are placed either side of the road with a woman seated with a spinning wheel on the left. This scene engraved by William Forrest from one of DO Hill's series of 82 scenes of Burns subjects he sketched around 1840. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1840-01-01 - 1840-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Engraving titled 'Auld Brig o' Doon' by | Go to resource |
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