Dresser and plate rack in Burns Cottage Kitchen
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Dresser and plate rack in the kitchen of Burns Cottage
- Introduction:
- Robert Burns (1759-96) Scotland's National Poet was born in a small thatched cottage in Alloway, Ayrshire the son of a market gardener who feued 7 acres locally. During a short period the farmer poet composed a wealth of songs and poems. He died in Dumfries of heart disease aged only 37 years.
- Image Rights Holder:
- National Trust for Scotland
- Ref:
- BMT4
- Project:
- 198:The History of Robert Burns at Alloway
- Material:
- Wood
- What:
- Dresser and plate rack in Burns Cottage Kitchen
- Subject:
- The Cottage birthplace was occupied by Burns until he and his family moved to nearby Mount Oliphant Farm when Burns was aged only 7 years old.
- Who:
- Robert Burns (poet)
- When:
- 1757
- Where:
- The Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, South Ayrshire
- Background:
- The Cottage birthplace was occupied by Burns until he and his family moved to nearby Mount Oliphant Farm when Burns was aged only 7 years old.
- Description:
- On display in the kitchen of the Poet's birthplace in Alloway is the dresser and the plate rack which was probably there when occupied by William Burnes and his family.
