Alloway: Burns Cottage and the Brig o' Doon
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Robert Burns was born on 25 January 1759 in the cottage his father William Burnes built at Alloway, and Burns suppers are held on or near that date every year. The Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, rebuilt in 2009, holds more than 5,000 Burns artefacts, including original manuscripts. Thomas Hamilton's Burns Monument, begun in 1820, stands in gardens beside the Doon, and the Brig o' Doon and Alloway Auld Kirk are where Tam o' Shanter ends.
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Visit Burns Cottage in Alloway, the house that his father William Burnes built and where Robert Burns was born on 25 January 1759
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of 4
Tour the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, rebuilt in 2009 at a cost of £23 million and holding more than 5,000 Burns artefacts including original manuscripts
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of 4
See Thomas Hamilton's Burns Monument, begun in 1820, and its gardens beside the River Doon
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Cross the Brig o' Doon, the setting of the finale of Burns's poem Tam o' Shanter, and see Alloway Auld Kirk
Visit Burns Cottage in Alloway, the house that his father William Burnes built and where Robert Burns was born on 25 January 1759
Tour the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, rebuilt in 2009 at a cost of £23 million and holding more than 5,000 Burns artefacts including original manuscripts
See Thomas Hamilton's Burns Monument, begun in 1820, and its gardens beside the River Doon
Cross the Brig o' Doon, the setting of the finale of Burns's poem Tam o' Shanter, and see Alloway Auld Kirk
Before you go
Burns was born here on 25 January 1759, and Burns suppers are held on or near that date every year.
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