Burns

Bachelors' Club, Tarbolton

Description:

In this 17th-century house Robert and Gilbert Burns with a few friends founded a debating club in 1780. Burns also attended dancing lessons here, and it was here that he was initiated into Freemasonry in 1781.

Place of Production:

Tarbolton, South Ayrshire

Materials/Media:

glass plate slide

Source:

Dean Castle

Accession number:

GL.R1361

Digital Number:

EAGP154n

Creation Date:

1912

Copyright:

East Ayrshire Council