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Latitude: 55.426 / 55°25'33"N
Longitude: -4.6367 / 4°38'12"W
OS Eastings: 233241
OS Northings: 617836
OS Grid: NS332178
Mapcode National: GBR 49.06P1
Mapcode Global: WH2PW.RW88
Plus Code: 9C7QC9G7+98
Entry Name: Brig O' Doon, Alloway, Ayr
Listing Name: Alloway (Off), Brig O'doon
Listing Date: 5 February 1971
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 356755
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB21474
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200356755
Location: Ayr
County: South Ayrshire
Town: Ayr
Electoral Ward: Ayr West
Traditional County: Ayrshire
Tagged with: Arch bridge Footbridge Stone bridge
15th century, repaired 1832. Broad wing-walled approach narrowing to steep single segmental-arched rubble-built bridge. Dressed stone arch ring; spandrels; cobbled crossing surface. 3 iron bollards to N approach, 2 iron bollards to S approach.
Described by Groome as, "... a gaunt structure of great antiquity, famous for the fight between Cassillis and Bargeny (1601), more famous for its part in Tam O'Shanter..." Currently in use as a footbridge.
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