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Kirkoswald

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Kirkoswald

Village in South Ayrshire unitary authority, Scotland, 6 km/4 mi southwest of Maybole; population (2001) 1,400. The poet Robert Burns studied here briefly and two of his fictional characters, Tam o'Shanter and Souter Johnnie, are supposed to be modelled on people he met: Douglas Graham of Shanter Farm and John Davidson the shoemaker (souter). Their graves are in Kirkoswald churchyard. Souter Johnnie's cottage now belongs to the National Trust of Scotland and is open to the public.



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