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Description: | Burns Monument was the first memorial built to the memory of the Poet Robert Burns in Ayrshire, and is situated on the banks of the River Doon in Alloway. It is situated only half a mile South of the thatched cottage where he was born on 25th January 1759.
The Monument foundation stone was laid on 25th January, 1820 and the completed building opened 4th July 1823, costing about ��2,600. The building is about 21metres high, set on a triangular base it has a peristyle with nine fluted Corinthian columns supporting a masonry dome.
Postcard entitled 'Burns Monument and tea gardens, Ayr'. This card is thought to date to the 1920's and shows the Monument to Robert Burns in the background, with the Monument Hotel tea gardens situated on the banks of the river Doon in the foreground. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 01/01/1920 - 31/12/1920 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Postcard showing Burns Monument and hote | Go to resource |
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