📌 Dumfries, Dumfries & Galloway
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Scotland’s national bard, Robert Burns, passed away on 21 July 1796 at the young age of 37. His final resting place, shared with his wife and three sons, is beneath a painted white dome within the churchyard of St Michael’s and South Parish Church, Dumfries. The mausoleum itself was built by local stonemason John Milligan and was financed by a high-profile fundraising campaign, replacing a less impressive grave elsewhere in the kirkyard. Inside the dome is a statue (by Irish-Italian sculptor Peter Turnerelli) of Burns himself, with one hand on a plough and overlooked by his fictional muse Coila.
🌍 Location
📌 In the churchyard, St Michael’s and South Parish Church, Michael Street, 5-min walk south of Dumfries Midsteeple
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NX 976757
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 55.065085,-3.604930
🚌 Brooms Road (A756) / St Michael Street (B725) | 🚆 Dumfries (0.5 mi)
🚗 Street parking (some requires disc) nearby to south
📝 Key info
⌚ Interior open Monday to Saturday, 11.15am & 2.15pm, April to September. Exterior always viewable
🎫 Free
