Kirkoswald, Ayrshire
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| Kiroswald | |
| Ayrshire | |
|---|---|
 Souter Johnnie's Cottage | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NS242075 |
| Location: | 55°19’50"N, 4°46’20"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | KA19 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Ayrshire |
Kirkoswald is a village in Ayrshire, a little place strung along the A77 in Carrick, between Maybole and the coast at Turnberry.
Souter Johnnie's Cottage is found here; a cobbler's cottage now in the care of the National Trust for Scotland, it was the home of John Davidson, a cobbler ("souter") immortalised as "Souter Johnnie" in the Robert Burns epic poem Tam o' Shanter. It is now a museum, offering a taste of how the family would have lived and worked, with a reconstructed workshop with "Souter Johnnie's" original tools.
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