Mauchline
East Ayrshire

Situated 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Kilmarnock in East Ayrshire, the village of Mauchline is most noted for its associations with Robert Burns, and there is a museum in the house occupied by Burns and his wife Jean Armour, a Mauchline native. Nearby is Poosie Nansie's tavern associated with Burns setting of 'The Jolly Beggars', as well as the National Burns Memorial Tower. Burns was a tenant for nine years at nearby Mossgiel Farm to the north. He engaged in various affairs at Mauchline and both he and Jean were publicly rebuked by the minister, Reverend Auld, for their sins.

Monks from Melrose Abbey constructed Mauchline Castle (c.1450) as a base for their Ayrshire estates. The village was also noted for its handloom weaving, manufacture wooden Mauchline ware and curling stones, and for its horse and cattle fairs.

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