Fodor's Expert Review Burns Mausoleum

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When he died in 1796, Robert Burns was buried in a modest grave in St. Michael's Churchyard. English poet William Wordsworth, visiting a few years later, was horrified by the small gravestone and raised money to build the much grander monument that stands there today.

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87 St. Michael's St.
DG1 2LJ, Scotland

01387-253849

www.stmichaels-and-south-parish-church.co.uk

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