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| Page Views: 844 Last Visit to Ayr: - I Live Here | ALLOWAY & BURNS COUNTRY by hevbell - last update: Sep 9, 2005 |
Although Alloway has long since been swallowed up as a suburb of Ayr, it used to be a village in its own right. For the size of it there are a surprising number of tourist attraction, mostly relating to Alloways most famous son - the poet Robert Burns who was born in a cottage on the main street. Its now open as a museum. |
|  | BURNS MONUMENT The Grecian style Burns Monument, situated in Alloway, next to the Brig O'Doon, and dedicated to the poet Robert Burns who was born in Alloway. It was built in 1823. There are statues of Burn's drinking buddies in the gardens surrounding the monument. |
| | Another view of the Burns Monument, this time from the Auld Kirk graveyard
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AULD KIRK Alloway Auld Kirk. Burn's parents are buried here and it is also mentioned in his poem Tam O'Shanter. This is where the witches were supposedly having a party when one of them chased Tam O'Shanter to the Brig O'Doon and pulled the tail off his horse, Meg. In wintertime its usually floodlit at night and looks suitably eerie! | | |
The graveyard of the Auld Kirk is open to the public but you can't go inside the ruins of the church itself, I took this photo through the bars of the gate! It did look a bit creepy though and I can see why Rabbie Burns might have thought it would make a good setting for the witches ceilidh in his poem "Tam O'Shanter" | | |
There are lots of interesting stones in the graveyard, many of them must be at least 200 years old. This was one of the fancier ones though!
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| | RIVER DOON A view of the River Doon taken from the infamous Brig O'Doon
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ALLOWAY CHURCH The "new" church in Alloway, directly across the road from the Auld Kirk and next to the Burns Monument. I recently saw the inside during Doors Open Day and it has some lovely stained glass windows.
This summer, during June, July and August, the church has been open to visitors on weekdays.
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Kennymac Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:12 UTC
All kirks should be turned into pubs........lol | Toshioohsako Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:52 UTC
Nice photos but it would be nice if you could say where Ayr is located in the UK. Or did I miss somewhere? Good day. | wickedvixen Thu Sep 6, 2007 20:52 UTC
Nice overview of Ayr Heather - niceto see that not all folk berate the place! Ive been here 16 years (a glaswegian at heart) and still loving the new experiences and country and sea - | stevo666 Mon Jul 23, 2007 02:26 UTC
hey there heather... wow cool vt site you got here! fantastic pics and great tips.... stevo, p.s be back to rate them buts its 2am and i need to sleep you see your pages kept me up, so you will have to call in sick for me tomorrow! :)) night |
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