SCOTLAND LAND O' BURNS
ATTRACTIONS COLLECTIONS
One of the best preserved Abbey ruins in Scotland where Burns spent time debating with his friend.
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Robert Burns
Birthplace Museum
Largest National Collection | Burns Museum & other attractions owned by National Trust Scotland.
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Thatched cottage Burns was born in.
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Gardens | Monument | Statue House
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Hotel with views of Brig o' Doon.
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Rozelle House & Art Gallery
National Collection | Alexander Goudie Tam o'Shanter Exhibition
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Original Inn from Burns time
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Burns visited the cellars as exciseman
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Sellers of Burns themed Whisky
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Sellers of Burns themed Ales
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Collection | Bust
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Interior Burns and Nelly Plaque
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Artefacts | Art Gallery | Thatched outbuilding with sculptures. Owned by National Trust Scotland.
Quality food and drink
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Bachelor's Club
National Collection | Exhibition
Owned by National Trust Scotland.
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Burns home at Lochlea Farm is now a whisky distillery but not open for public visits
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& Museum
Irvine Burns Club | Exhibits
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& Library
National Collection | Exhibition
Where Burns lived with Jean Armour
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National Burns
Art Gallery | Lookout Tower
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Dean Castle
National Collection | Exhibition
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National Collection | Exhibition
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University of Edinburgh Library
Burns Collection
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Burns father was a gardener here
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Burns spent nights here dancing
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The Grand Lodge of Scotland Freemason Hall
Burns Collection
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Poet Dr Thomas Blacklock lived here and was visited by Burns
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The Writer's Museum
National Collection | Burns, Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson
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Site of Burns first Edinburgh lodging
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St Giles Cathedral
Burns stained glass window
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Supreme Court of
Scotland Library
Original site of bookshop where Creech published the Edinburgh edition.
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Burns stayed for a week here the last time he saw Clarinda.
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National Library of Scotland
Libberton Wynd, home of Johnnie Dowie's Tavern was demolished. Now NLS is here at the George IV bridge with a Burns Collection.
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Burns Collection.
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Burns Collection.
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Ellisland Museum and Farm
Ellisland Farm was built by Burns for Jean Armour and their family. Holds part of the Burns National Collection.
Burns wrote Auld Lang Syne here.
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Mansion and Estate Burns spent time in. Also has the Hermitage where he wrote and Whistles Restaurant named after that competition!
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Robert Burns House
National Collection | Exhibition
The house where Burns died.
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and Film Theatre
Exhibition of later years |
Film Theatre
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St Michael's Kirkyard
with Burns Mausoleum
Burns is buried here with Jean Armour and some of his children
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Burns favourite howff
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Burns was a patron of the theatre and wrote some pieces for it.
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The Ewart Library
Holds some studies and manuscripts of Burns.
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Burns visited Closeburn Castle.
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Where Burns stayed at times and may have first recited The Selkirk Grace. They now have a Burns room.
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Owned by National Trust for Scotland, Broughton House holds 'Glasgow Boy' Hornel's vast collection of Burns.
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Drumlanrig Castle
Home of Burns friend McMurdo where he etched a window pane. Today the castle and estate are visitor attractions.
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Museum of Lead Mining Wanlockhead
Burns explored the mines in Scotland's highest village.
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Burns set up a library in Dunscore.
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Glasgow University Centre for Robert Burns Studies
The development of research, scholarship and teaching in the area of Robert Burns, his cultural period and related literature.
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Burns collection.
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and Museum
Burns collection.
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Where Burns kissed the flagstones of Bruce's grave.
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Dunfermline Carnegie Library
Murisan Burns Collection.
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The Great Tapestry of Scotland
Includes Burns. Housed in Galashiels.
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Burns Collection.
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Oldest hostelry in Moffat where Burns inscribed a pane. Today has a Burns Room and Poet's Corner.
LANDMARKS
DISCOVERIES
Maybole High Street
Lovers Lane Maybole
Old Maybole Churchyard
Kings Arms Hotel Maybole
Kirkwynd Maybole
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Brig o' Doon Alloway
The Auld Kirk Alloway
The Poet's Path Alloway
Alloway Mill
Mount Oliphant Farm Alloway
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Murdoch's House Plaque Ayr
The Auld and New Brigs Ayr
The Mercat Cross Ayr
Auld Kirk Ayr
Sandgate Light Display Ayr
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Perclewan Mill Dalrymple
Site of Burns School Dalrymple
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Old Church Graveyard
Low Craigenton Farm
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Wallace & Burns Cairn
Leglen Woods Tarbolton
Willie's Mill Tarbolton
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Drukken Steps Cairn Irvine
Burns Lodgings Irvine
The Crown Inn Irvine
Dr Fleemings Cures Irvine
Templeton's Bookshop Irvine
The Heckling Shop Irvine
The Old Parish Church Irvine
Helen Miller McKenzie Grave
Irvine Harbour
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Highland Mary Monument
Castle Street Mauchline
Poosie Nansie's Tavern
Jolly Beggar's Mural Mauchline
Site of Jean Armour's Home
Mossgiel Farm Mauchline
Site of Ronald's Ballroom
Home of Gavin Hamilton
Mauchline Burns Club Trail
Mauchline Parish Church & Graveyard
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The Kirkyard New Cumnock
Burns Bench and Cairn
Site of The Old Mill Inn
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WWII Memorial
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Bonnie Lesley Memorial
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John Lapraik Memorial
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Grave of Rev. Dr. Robert Duncan
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Site of Buccleuch Square Dwelling
Unmarked. Demolished.
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Where Burns and Sir Walter Scott met once only.
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Lady Stairs Close Plaque
Showing site of Burns first lodging.
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Burns pavement inscription outside Writers Museum.
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Original seven Edinburgh city centre shops. Home to Ramsays library then Sibbald's bookshop.
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Crochallan Fencibles Plaque
Showing site for the Fencibles group.
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Site of William Smellies Printhouse
Unmarked. Where the Edinburgh Edition was printed.
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Site of Daniel Douglas's Tavern
Unmarked. A favourite pub of Burns.
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Clarinda Plaque
At the corner of Poterrow.
A tribute to Burns love.
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Canongate Kirkyard
Site of Robert Fergusson poet's grave with headstone and epitaph by Burns.
Site of Robert Fergusson statue.
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Site of Clarinda grave.
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Where Burns was first welcomed by Scotland's smartest club - The Caledonian Hunt.
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Burns Monument
At the foot of Calton Hill.
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Inscribed and part of
The Parliament Cairn.
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Featuring Burns Head.
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Hole In the Wa' Inn
Midsteeple
Burns Tenement
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Brownhill Inn
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The New Inn
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The Brow Well
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Old Kirk
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Highland Mary Grave
and Memorial
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Black Bull Inn Plaque
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Burns Memorial Drinking Fountain
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Burns Memorial Stone
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Burns Memorial Shelter
LAND O' BURNS
TRIBUTE TRAIL
1. Ayr Burns Statue Square
2. Irvine Bank St Bronze Statue
3. New Cumnock Burns Statue with Plough
4. Kilmarnock Kay Park Statue
5. Kilmarnock Cross Statue
(Burns & Wilson the Printer)
6. Edinburgh Leith Statue
7. Edinburgh Burns flaxman statue at National Portrait Gallery
8. Dumfries Burns Statue & dog
9. Portpatrick Statue Bowling Green
10. Union Terrace Gardens Statue Aberdeen
11. Arbroath Library Statue
12. Meadowside Dundee Statue
13. Montrose Statue
14. Robert Burns Lounge Perth Reduction
15. Albert Halls Statue Stirling
16. Bathgate Partnership Centre (Highland Mary)
17. George Square Glasgow Statue
18. Glasgow Citizens Theatre Statue
56. Maybole Town Hall Bust
57. Ayr Auld Kirk Bust
58. Ayr Carnegie Library Bust
59. Ayr West Kirk Pub Bust
60. Dumfries Flaxman Bronze Reduction in Globe Inn
61. Wallace Monument Stirling Burns bust
62. Memorial Garden Stonehaven bust
63. Paisley Fountain Gardens Statue
64. Galashiels Burns Bust
71. Alloway Statue House (Souter Johnnie & Nance Tinnock)
72. Alloway Poet's Path Mouse
73. Alloway Poet's Path Haggis
74. Ayr UWS Grounds Statue
75. Kirkoswald Garden Statues
76. Mauchline Jean Armour Statue (Tam o' Shanter, Souter Johnnie & Nance Tinnock)
77. Kilmarnock Cross Statue
(Twa Dugs)
78. Dumfries St Michaels Kirkyard statue of Jean Armour
79. Dunoon Highland Mary Statue
80. Mauchline Highland Mary Monument
81. Stevenston Bonnie Lesley Memorial
82. Greenock Highland Mary Memorial at Grave
83. Muirkirk John Lapraik Cairn
84. Edinburgh Sciennes Hill House Plaque
85. Edinburgh Lady Stairs Close Plaque
86. Edinburgh Crochallan Fencibles Plaque
87. Dumfries Tennement Plaque
88. Glasgow Argyle St Plaque
89. Edinburgh Clarinda Plaque
90. Ayr Murdoch's Plaque Sandgate
91. Alloway Burns Monument
92. Edinburgh Burns Monument Calton Hill
93. Edinburgh Scott Monument with Burns head
94. Mauchline Burns Memorial Tower
95. Dumfries Mausoleum where Burns & Jean are buried
96. Ardrossan WWII Memorial
97. Burns Cairn Tarbolton
98. Irvine Drukken Steps Cairn
99. New Cumnock Burns Cairn with Bench
100. Auchincruive Woods Wallace and Burns Cairn
101. Edinburgh The Mauchline Stane as part of Parliament Cairn
102. Ayr Sandgate Auld Ayr lights
103. Mauchline Jolly Beggar's Mural
104. Irvine Dr Fleemings Cures Pavement Slab
105. Edinburgh St Giles Cathedral Stained Glass Window
106. Edinburgh Makars Court Slab
107. Dalkeith Drinking Fountain
108. Biggar Memorial Stone
109. Prestonpans Memorial Shelter