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Description: | This church was already in ruins in the 18th century when Robert Burns' family lived in Alloway, but the churchyard was still used for burials. Burns' father is buried there. It was immortalised in Burns' poem 'Tam o'Shanter' as the site of the witches' dance.
These prints are from albums compiled by Thomas Annan's firm. They did not appear in the published collections, although some were duplicated and advertised for sale from a catalogue of individual prints. No original negatives survive for any of them.
Albumen print from collodion negative. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Glasgow City Council Libraries and Archives | Temporal: | 1855-01-01 - 1887-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Auld Kirk, Alloway | Go to resource |
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