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1788 - Robert Burns takes a lease on this
Farm. The local Landowner, Patrick Miller of
Dalswinton Estate, had offered Robert the
choice of three Farms.
Robert chose Ellisland as it was the most
scenic, next to the River Nith.
Robert built the Farmhouse here then started
to work the Farm with the help of relations.
Jean Armour stayed at their home in Mauchline
with her sole surviving child till the Farm was
ready for them.
1788 – Robert became a father to twin girls,
born to Jean Armour.
1788 - Robert also became the father to
Robert Burns Clow, born to Jenny Clow, a
domestic servant from Edinburgh. Burns met her
when promoting his work in Edinburgh.
1788 – Robert writes Auld Lang Syne.
1789 – Robert begins work as an Excise
Officer, leaving the running of the Farm to his
wife Jean and relations working for him.
1789 – becomes a father to Francis Wallace
Burns, born to Jean Armour.
1790 – Writes Tam o’ Shanter.
1791 – Moves to Dumfries as the Farm land
was proving difficult to make a profit
from.
1796 21 July, aged 37, Robert Burns died at
his home in Dumfries from heart disease.
He was buried at St Michael's Church in
Dumfries on the day Jean Armour gave birth to
his son.
Ellisland was farmed until 1921. It was then
bought by a former President of Edinburgh Burns
Club, John Wilson, to serve as a Museum.
The south walk from Ellisland Farm,
alongside the River Nith, leads to the Garden of Cosmic
Speculation on a private Estate, normally
only open to visitors one day a year.
The Gardens were designed by Charles Jencks
born in Baltimore USA.
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