SCOTTISH experts have shed light on the day-to-day domestic life of Robert Burns and his family after a "game-changing" discovery.
The academics from the University of Glasgow's Centre for Robert Burns Studies have uncovered new evidence on the building of Burns’s Ellisland Farmhouse as well as bills and receipts which show the domestic affairs overseen by Jean Armour of not only his farm but his last home in Dumfries.
The researchers have been carrying out a major project – Editing Burns for the 21st Century – led by professor Gerard Carruthers, and were invited to Barnbougle Castle near Edinburgh by the Rosebery family to look at a collection of rare Burns manuscripts and books collected by one of their ancestors.
