Plaque marking the birthplace of "Highland Mary"
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Plaque marking the birthplace of "Highland Mary"
Image: © Gordon Brown Taken: 25 Sep 2019
The plaque reads "Near this spot stood the cottage where Mary Campbell, Burns's Highland Mary, was born in 1763". Highland Mary (she had an accent heavily accented with Gaelic) had a brief affair with Burns in 1876.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.947285
Longitude
-4.936831