Robert Burns Statue
Town Moor, Irvine

Looking north over the Town Moor, this statue of Robert Burns faces south, towards Alloway.

Unveiled on 18th July, 1896 and created by James MacGillivray it's in bronze and sits on a base of Aberdeen granite.

From over the River Irvine. That's Irvine Police Station at the top.

Burns worked in Irvine for a short time, in a heckling shed, preparing wool as part of the weaving industry. He seems not to have enjoyed it.

The view south, supposedly set up this way so that Burns is looking towards his birthplace in Alloway.

Below are two views of the front of the statue.

It was initially not universally liked and was thought to be an unsympathetic interpretation.