Burns House Museum

Burns House Museum is a museum in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Burns House Museum is situated nearby to the town Mauchline, as well as near the historic building Gavin Hamilton’s House.

Type: Museum
Description: museum in East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Also known as: “Burns House Museum and Library” and “Jean Armour Burn’s House And Museum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mauchline Castle and Kingencleugh Castle.

Mauchline Castle

Castle

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Mauchline Castle, also known as Abbot Hunter's Tower, is a rectangular tower house dating from the fifteenth century, in Mauchline, East Ayrshire, Scotland.

The remains of the old castle of Kingencleugh or Kingenclough lies close to east of the town of Mauchline, East Ayrshire, in the old Barony of Mauchline off the A76. The castle is Category B listed. Kingencleugh Castle is situated 1 mile south of Burns House Museum.

Kingencleugh House

Historic building

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kingencleugh House is a historic building, which is situated 1 mile southeast of Burns House Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mauchline and Catrine.

Mauchline

Town

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mauchline is a town and civil parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland. In the 2001 census Mauchline had a recorded population of 4,105. It is home to the National Burns Memorial.

Catrine

Village

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Catrine is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland, which was formerly a centre of cotton manufacture. The village is located close to the settlements of Sorn and Mauchline, and had a population of around 2,020 in 2020. Catrine is situated 2 miles southeast of Burns House Museum.

Failford

Village

Photo: L J Cunningham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Failford is a hamlet in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is 4 kilometres west of Mauchline, where the Water of Fail flows into the River Ayr. Failford is situated 2½ miles west of Burns House Museum.

Burns House Museum

Categories: local authority museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.51605° or 55° 30′ 58″ north

Longitude

-4.37973° or 4° 22′ 47″ west

Open location code

9C7QGJ8C+C4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 728118793

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q17792206

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