Robert Burns House
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Overview
It was in this house that Robert Burns spent the last three years of his short life; he died here in 1796. It retains much of its 18th-century character and contains many fascinating items connected with the poet. There is the chair in which he wrote his last poems, many original letters and manuscripts, and the famous Kilmarnock and Edinburgh editions of his work.
Features
- Opening Times
- Open all year
- Opening Times: Open all year, Apr-Sep, Mon-Sat 10-5, Sun 2-5; Oct-Mar, Tue-Sat 10-1 & 2-5
- Facilities
- Parking nearby
- Children
About the area
Dumfries and Galloway is a wonderfully undiscovered corner of Scotland – a romantic land of wooded glens, high hills and exposed moorland, haunted by its colourful past and the ghosts of those who fell in fierce and bloody battles. Heading west from Gretna Green you soon reach Dumfries, straddling the River Nith, where you may see red-breasted mergansers in summer.
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