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Things to Do in Dumfries
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Burns House
Poet Robert Burns lived here, on what was then called Mill Street... |
Houses / Mansions | Dumfries |
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Drumlanrig Castle
This spectacular estate is as close as Scotland gets to the treasure... |
Museums / Galleries | Dumfries |
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Dumfries Museum and Camera Obscura
A camera obscura is essentially a huge reflecting mirror that... |
Museums / Galleries | Dumfries |
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Globe Inn
Poet Robert Burns spent quite a lot of time at the Globe Inn... |
Hotels | Dumfries |
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John Paul Jones Museum
The little community of Kirkbean (blink and you'll miss it)... |
Museums / Galleries | Dumfries |
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Robert Burns Centre
Not surprisingly, Dumfries has its own Robert Burns Centre, housed... |
Museums / Galleries | Dumfries |
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St. Michael's Churchyard
When he died in 1796, poet Robert Burns was buried in a modest... |
Memorials / Monuments | Dumfries |
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Sweetheart Abbey
At the center of the village of New Abbey, 7 mi south of Dumfries... |
Religious Sites | Dumfries |
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