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Dumfries Attractions
Dumfries was founded as a Royal Burgh in 1186 and is a place to spend the day, seeing all the attractions,
a place that Robert Burns called home.
Things to see include, Robert Burns House Mausoleum, Rose Garden
Grave and Statue, Devorgilla Bridge, Old Bridge Museum, Midsteeple,
Victoria Cross recipients memorial
Dumfries Museum & Camera Obscura
Aviation Museum, Robert Burns Centre
Moat Brae House and Garden
Greyfriars Church and the worlds' oldest post office.
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The list below is the attractions pinpointed on the map of Dumfries and Galloway
Robert Burns Hermitage
Burns Cottage
St Michael’s and South Parish Church
Burns Statue Dumfries
Robert Burns House
Jean Armour Statue
Dumfries Museum
Obscura and Museum
Robert Burns Ellisland Farm
Robert Burns Memorial Garden
Robert Burns Memorial Cairn
Brow Well
Site of Old Greyfriars Church
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Savings Banks Museum
Dumfries & Galloway Aviation Museum
Sweetheart Abbey
Devorgilla Bridge
Midsteeple
Robert Burns Centre
Robert Burns Mausoleum
Burgh Church
Norway House
Robert Burns Rose Garden
Dumfries Academy
Dr Henry Duncan Statue
Lochfoot Fountain
Ca' the Yowes
Robert Burns Memorial Stone
Burns' Rock
Maxwellton War Memorial
Old Bridge House Museum
3rd Duke of Queensberry Monument
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John Paul Jones Birthplace Museum
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John Paul Jones was a Revolutionary War hero known as the father of the U.S. Navy.
Born in Arbigland Kirkcudbright Scotland in 6th July 1747, John Paul joined the British Merchant Marine at the age of 13 at the age of 27 he fled to America as he murdered a sailor in self-defence on the island of Tobago. Arriving in America he added Jones to his name to hide his identity. He joined the Continental Navy and became the scourge of the British Navy, when the Continental Navy disbanded in 1787 he joined the Russian Navy. He ended his life in France and died in Paris in 1792.
His remains were eventually found in a disused cemetery in Paris and return to America. He lies at rest in a tomb inside the chapel of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
There has been 5 US naval war ships named after John Paul Jones the last being
the USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) built in 1991.
