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David McLean

Incredible discovery at Edinburgh castle sheds new light on Robert Burns' home life

An incredible discovery has been made at a castle near Cramond that sheds new light on the day-to-day domestic life of Robert Burns and his family.

Academics from the University of Glasgow's Centre for Robert Burns Studies were invited to Barnbougle Castle at Dalmeny by the Rosebery family to look at a collection of rare Burns manuscripts and books collected by one of their ancestors.

It was while examining material there for a university publication that they came upon an "unexpected bonus" of a book labelled simply 'Burnsiana'.

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