Tour Scotland photograph of the Robert Burns Mausoleum, Dumfries, Scotland. Dumfries was the hometown of Robert Burns from 1791 until his death in 1796. The poet is now buried in St. Michael’s Churchyard in the Burns Mausoleum. Burns was born in Ayrshire and spent many years there before moving to Dumfriesshire. In 1815 his body was transferred from his original grave to the mausoleum which was erected in the south east corner of the churchyard cemetery and paid for by public subscriptions. Even the Prince Regent, later George IV made a contribution. The remains of Jean Armour the wife of Robert Burns were added to the mausoleum in 1834, at which time a cast was taken of Burns' skull.
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