Less than 20 years after Burns' death, a committee made up of some of his most ardent supporters began to make plans to memorialise the great poet.
The result is this 21m (70ft) high Grecian-style temple, designed by Sir Thomas Hamilton Junior and complete with nine pillars representing muses from Greek mythology.
The monument was funded by subscriptions and opened in 1823.
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