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attention of many English armies. Despite this, it went on to prosper with its light
industries and port supplying the agricultural hinterland. he town planners of the
1960s badly damaged its appearance, but many of the warm red-sandstone buildings
that distinguish Dumfries from other places in the southwest survive. he town is
second only to Ayr for its associations with
Robbie Burns
(see p.165), who spent the
last five years of his life here employed as an exciseman. Consequently a number of
sights in Dumfries pay homage to the great poet including his home, his statue, Burns
House, his pub, the Globe Inn and his final resting place in a mausoleum beside St
Michael's Church.
Globe Inn
56 High St • Mon-Wed 10am-11pm, Thurs-Sat 10am-midnight, Sun noon-midnight • Free •
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01387 252335,
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globeinndumfries.co.uk
If you're on Burns's trail, make sure you duck down the alleyway to the seventeenth-
century
Globe Inn
, just past the ornate red and gold Victorian fountain. Burns had a
fling with Annie Park, a barmaid in this pub, and the resultant child was taken into the
Burns household by his long-suffering wife, Jean Armour. Beyond the main bar you
can enter the beautifully panelled snug and sit in the very chair used by the poet -
although if you do, by tradition you'll be expected to recite a Burns poem or else buy
everyone in the bar a drink.
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Burns House
Burns St • April-Sept Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 2-5pm; Oct-March Tues-Sat 10am-1pm & 2-5pm • Free •
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01387 255297
In the simple sandstone building now known as
Burns House
, Robert Burns died of
rheumatic heart disease in 1796 aged 37, a few days before the birth of his last son,
Maxwell. He lived here for his last three years, though his wife, Jean Armour, stayed
A76 Kilmarnock
Graceield
Arts Centre
DUMFRIES
Train Station
ACCOMMODATION
Glenaldor House
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Burns
Statue
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Midsteeple
Devorgilla
Bridge
Old Bridge
House Museum
Globe
Inn
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Dumfries
Museum
Robert
Burns
Centre
Burns
House
Footbridge
St Michael's Church
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