Post by Geoff on Feb 4, 2010 18:14:29 GMT -5
MAUCHLINE, Ayrshire
Village on the A76, 9 m. SE of Kilmarnock, which Burns often visited when he was living (1777¨C89) at Lochlea and Mossgiel. He fell in love with Jean Armour, daughter of a master mason who found him ineligible. He also met the lawyer Gavin Hamilton here, at whose house next to the 15th©\c. Mauchline Tower he at last married Jean Armour in 1788. They rented a room in Castle St. (which now forms the centre of the Burns House Museum), and Poosie Nansie's tavern (still an inn) in Loudoun St. features in ¡®The Jolly Beggars¡¯. The churchyard has a plan showing the graves of four of Burns's children and of many characters mentioned in his poems. It is also the setting for ¡®The Holy Fair¡¯, a satire on the annual gathering for Communion. The church, where Burns was often punished for his misdemeanours, has been rebuilt.
www.jrank.org/literature/pages/13724/Mauchline-(pr-%CB%88M%C5%8F%CF%87l%C4%ADn)-Ayrshire.html#ixzz0ebycXZaA
See:
burns.visitscotland.com/footsteps/mauchline
Videos of the area from WHEE [ mtbroutessws.com/ ] :
video.yahoo.com/watch/1633687 MTB Mauchline to Sorn
video.yahoo.com/watch/124638/1733695 Mauchline Gorge
video.yahoo.com/watch/2219125 MTB outing Mauchline Sorn Auchinleck
Village on the A76, 9 m. SE of Kilmarnock, which Burns often visited when he was living (1777¨C89) at Lochlea and Mossgiel. He fell in love with Jean Armour, daughter of a master mason who found him ineligible. He also met the lawyer Gavin Hamilton here, at whose house next to the 15th©\c. Mauchline Tower he at last married Jean Armour in 1788. They rented a room in Castle St. (which now forms the centre of the Burns House Museum), and Poosie Nansie's tavern (still an inn) in Loudoun St. features in ¡®The Jolly Beggars¡¯. The churchyard has a plan showing the graves of four of Burns's children and of many characters mentioned in his poems. It is also the setting for ¡®The Holy Fair¡¯, a satire on the annual gathering for Communion. The church, where Burns was often punished for his misdemeanours, has been rebuilt.
www.jrank.org/literature/pages/13724/Mauchline-(pr-%CB%88M%C5%8F%CF%87l%C4%ADn)-Ayrshire.html#ixzz0ebycXZaA
See:
burns.visitscotland.com/footsteps/mauchline
Videos of the area from WHEE [ mtbroutessws.com/ ] :
video.yahoo.com/watch/1633687 MTB Mauchline to Sorn
video.yahoo.com/watch/124638/1733695 Mauchline Gorge
video.yahoo.com/watch/2219125 MTB outing Mauchline Sorn Auchinleck