An imposing building with an angular silhouette, softened by the fine openwork balustrades and delicate ironwork of the outer staircase railings. The front of Midsteeple bears the royal arms, a yard-stick and a map of the city at the time of Burns.

Burns' Statue, at the far northern end of High Street, dating back to 1882, commemorates Dumfries' most famous citizen. A plaque on the wall of the buildings to the west of the statue marks the site of the Franciscan monastery where Robert the Bruce ..

Burns spent the last few years of his life in this house, now a museum. The room on the left-hand side of the ground floor has displays of some of the poet's abundant correspondence. The small upper room, furnished with a desk and chair, still has th..

This narrow, six-arch bridge with faced piers replaced the original 15C wooden structure originally commissioned by Dervorgilla, the wife of the Competitor, John Balliol, Edward I's adversary.

This 17C house was once a barrelmaker's shop and is now the annexe to an interesting museum illustrating various aspects of town life in days gone by.

The centre is located in a restored, 18C watermill. It relates the poet's links with the town, illustrated by photographs, documents, souvenirs, a model of the town and a video.

On the right, behind the sandstone church rebuilt in 1745, is a mausoleum where Burns, his wife, Jean Armour, and several of their children are buried. A map on the right of the church indicates the burial places of some of Burns' friends and acquain..

The museum has sections illustrating local geology, archeology and history and one special part on the history of Dumfries. The basement of the mill contains paleochristian stones and the first floor an exhibition of country life and the origins of t..

The ruined building is mainly 15C and was part of a college founded by Archibald the Grim, 3rd Earl of Douglas on the site of a 12C Benedictine convent. The chancel has no roof but contains coats of arms and a few fine sculptures including the ornate..