Wood cut from Robert Burns's trysting thorn
Key details
- Object number
- 3.4564
- Date
- 1800 to 1899
- On display
- Yes
- Object number
- 3.4564
- Date
- 1800 to 1899
- On display
- Yes
Description
Wood cut from Robert Burns's trysting thorn.
This is a piece of the hawthorn bush reportedly cut from the trysting (meeting) place of Robert Burns and one of his sweethearts, near Mill, Mannock. Near Coylton.
Inscribed on the Wood cutting are the lines:
"At length I reached the bonnie glen,
Where early life I sported;
I passed the Mill and trysting-thorn
Where Nancy aft I courted."
"At length I reached the bonnie glen,
Where early life I sported;
I passed the Mill and trysting-thorn
Where Nancy aft I courted."
Object information
Acquisition
1987
Category
Material
Measurements
- Depth: 12(cm)
- Height: 4.3(cm)
- Width: 19(cm)
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