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Description: | Robert Burns (1759-96) Scotland's National Poet was born in Alloway, Ayrshire the son of a market gardener who feued 7 acres locally. In a short period the farmer poet composed a wealth of songs and poems. He died of heart disease in Dumfries aged only 37 years.
This necklace is now on display in Burns Cottage Museum in Alloway.
This necklace made of wood with a small cross at the foot was made from wood taken from Kirk Alloway. This ruined church which was built about 1516 features in Burns' celebrated comic poem 'Tam O'Shanter' and is less than half a mile from the Poet's birthplace. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1516-01-01 - 1516-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Necklace made of wood from Alloway's Aul | Go to resource |
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