Sights in Dumfries
- Sort by:
- Popular
-
Ellisland Farm
If you’re not Burnsed out, you could head 6 miles northwest of town and visit the farm he leased. It still preserves some original features from when he and his family lived here, and there’s a small exhibition. It’s signposted off the A76 to Kilmarnock.
reviewed
-
A
Burns House
This is a place of pilgrimage for Burns enthusiasts. It’s here that the poet spent the last years of his life, and there are various items of his possessions in glass cases, as well as manuscripts and, entertainingly, letters: make sure you have a read.
reviewed
-
B
Robert Burns Centre
A worthwhile Burns exhibition in an old mill on the banks of the River Nith. It tells the story of the poet and Dumfries in the 1790s. The optional audiovisual presentations give more background on Dumfries, and explain the exhibition’s contents.
reviewed
-
red-sandstone bridges
The red-sandstone bridges arching over the River Nith are the most attractive features of the town, and Devorgilla Bridge (1431) is one of the oldest bridges in Scotland.
reviewed
-
C
Burns' mausoleum
Burns' mausoleum is in the graveyard at St Michael's Kirk. At the top of High St is a statue of the bard; take a close look at the sheepdog at his feet.
reviewed
