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Green Tourism Award - Bronze

The former home of the shoemaker John Davidson, immortalised by Robert Burns as Souter Johnie in his supernatural tale Tam o’ Shanter.

This is a beautiful thatched cottage with restored 18th-century domestic and workshop interiors, containing shoemaking tools and Burns-related artefacts.
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Life-sized sandstone statues featuring characters from Tam o’ Shanter, carved in the 1830s

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Cottage: 1 Apr to 30 Sep, Fri-Tue 11.30-5.

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