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O'Shanter Experience] [Burns
Monument]
[Auld Kirk Alloway] [Brig
O'Doon] [Statue House ]
Now do thy speedy utmost, Meg,
And win the key-stane of the brig;
There at them thou thy tail may toss,
A running stream they dare na cross!
The late medieval Brig O’Doon was chosen by Burns for the climax of his tale, Tam O’Shanter. Spanning the beautiful river Doon, the auld brig gives visitors a chance to walk on the very spot where Tam’s mare, Meg, made her last heroic leap for freedom - leaving her tail still in the clutches of Nan, the “Cutty Sark” witch.
The brig and its surroundings have long been a favourite of landscape painters. There are a number of paintings of the brig in the Burns Cottage Museum, one of the best of these being by the painter and antiquarian, David Roberts.
Opening Hours:
Open all year round
Admission:
Free
Burns National Heritage Park: Murdoch's Lone, Alloway, Ayr KA7 4PQ Scotland Tel: +44 (0)1292 443 700