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Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns,[a] was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is in a “light Scots dialect” of English, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland.

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Robert Burns, Scotia’s Bard, voted the greatest Scot who ever lived, was born in Alloway by Ayr on the 25th January 1759. Following the publication of his first book of poetry, “The Kilmarnock Edition”, in July 1786, he became famous throughout Scotland and across the globe. Ten years later, on the 21st July 1796, he died at his home in Dumfries at the tender age of only 37 years. Of the last ten years of his life, he lived eight of them in this area, firstly at Ellisland Farm and latterly in Dumfries, where he wrote the vast majority of his songs.

Here at Penninghame Estate you are ideally placed to follow his footsteps, from his early life in Ayrshire, through to his home in Dumfries and visit the Mausoleum where he is laid to rest.