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The River Dun (in [[Irish language|Irish]]: ''Abhann Duinne'') translates into English as ''brown river'' and is a river which runs through [[Glendun]], one of the nine [[Glens of Antrim]] in [[County Antrim]] in [[Northern Ireland]].
The river is named after its brown colour, which comes from the [[peat]] [[bogs]] at its source on the slopes of Slevenanee on the Antrim Plateau. The source of the River Dun is a few hundred metres from that of the [[River Bush]] which flows north-east to meet the sea at [[Bushmills]]
The river supports a population of [[brown trout]] which rarely attain weights exceeding one pound due to the naturally [[acidic]] chemistry of the water. [[Sea trout]] and [[salmon]] enter the river and make their way to the upstream [[spawning]] beds from July onwards. Eels are also present.
The river is spanned by a three arched viaduct completed by Charles Lanyon in 1839<ref>[http://www.antrimhistory.net/content.php?cid=46&PHPSESSID=e280038a8e4662217f Glens of Antrim Historical Society]</ref>.
==References==
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[[Category:Geography of County Antrim|Dun]]
[[Category:Rivers of Northern Ireland|Dun]]
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