River Afton
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The River Afton is a small river in Ayrshire
, Scotland
. which flows North from Alwhat Hill in the Carsphairn and Scaur Hills
, through Afton Reservoir and then for eight miles down Glen Afton
before joining the River Nith
at New Cumnock
.
The river is memorialised in Robert Burns
's poem Sweet Afton and this led to a number of townships in the United States
being called Afton.
Ayrshire
Ayrshire is a registration county, and former administrative county in south-west Scotland, United Kingdom, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine. The town of Troon on the coast has hosted the British Open Golf Championship twice in the...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. which flows North from Alwhat Hill in the Carsphairn and Scaur Hills
Carsphairn and Scaur Hills
The Carsphairn and Scaur hills are the western and eastern hills respectively of a hill range in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. Ordnance Survey maps don't have a general name for the hill area as a whole. Also, Ordnance Survey use "Scar" rather than the local spelling of "Scaur" - the word is...
, through Afton Reservoir and then for eight miles down Glen Afton
Glen Afton
Glen Afton New Zealand is an ex coal mining town that is now just a rural village with some houses and very few services or amenities. There is one large and one small open cast coal mines still operating in the area....
before joining the River Nith
River Nith
The River Nith is a river in South West Scotland.-Source, flow and mouth:The Nith rises in the Carsphairn hills of East Ayrshire, more precisely between Prickeny Hill and Enoch Hill, 7 km East of Dalmellington...
at New Cumnock
New Cumnock
New Cumnock is a place in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It expanded during the coal mining era but, like so many others, suffered after the deep shaft pits closed in the 1980's...
.
The river is memorialised in Robert Burns
Robert Burns
Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide...
's poem Sweet Afton and this led to a number of townships in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
being called Afton.