Burns

Wooden fragment from Burns' Trysting Thorn

Description:

This polished wooden fragment is made from the wood of Robert Burns' 'Trysting Thorn' (romantic meeting place).  It bears a transfer print quoting a Burns poem:

 

MADE OF WOOD FROM / BURNS' TRYSTING THORN, / MILL MANNOCH, NEAR COYLTON. / "At length I reached the bonnie glen / Where early life I sported; / I pass'd the mill and trysting thorn, / Where Nancy aft I courted."

Materials/Media:

wood

Dimensions:

length 150mm, width 81mm, height 45mm

Source:

Dumfries Museum & Camera Obscura

Accession number:

DUMFM:1989.32

Digital Number:

DMMW036a, DMMW036b

Copyright:

Dumfries & Galloway Council