Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Doon

Doon, a long hill of considerable height (582 feet), the outmost spur of the Lammermuirs, in Spott parish, Haddingtonshire, 2¼ miles S by E of Dunbar. On its top and slope lay David Leslie's Scotch army, 23,000 strong, the two first days of September 1650, the third being that of the Battle of Dunbar.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a long hill of considerable height"   (ADL Feature Type: "mountains")
Administrative units: Spott ScoP       East Lothian ScoCnty

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