I visited Little Tullybelton last Sunday [5th July 2020]. I found a forlorn scene. Detritus surrounded the abandoned farm of Little Tullybelton. The smell of degrading waste was overwhelming.
I have written my heart in my poems:
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The poet, Robert Nicholl, was born at Little Tullybelton, where a michty monument to his poetic work still stands in a field.
By the time of the first world war, the inscription on this monument had become so weathered that it had to be re-inscribed:
‘I have written my heart in my poems’
Music credit: Oh Pep ‘Tea, Milk & Honey’