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Description: | Robert Burns (1759-96) Scotland's National Poet was born in this small thatched Cottage in Alloway, Ayrshire the son of a market gardener who feued 7 acres locally, During a short period the farmer poet was to compose a wealth of songs and poems. He died in Dumfries of heart disease aged only 37 years.
This photograph on view in Burns Cottage Museum was one of the earliest recorded photographs of the poets' birthplace.
The photograph was taken outside the Cottage in 1862 showing the tiled roof annex at the left hand side which was the local inn. In the photograph is the Innkeeper Mr. Ritchie with notable local Alloway residents. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1862-01-01 - 1862-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Framed photograph of Burns Cottage dated | Go to resource |
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