Inverpeffer
Inverpeffer is located in Angus
Inverpeffer
Inverpeffer
Location within Angus
OS grid referenceNO599379
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CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
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56°31′53″N 2°39′13″W / 56.531399°N 2.653524°W / 56.531399; -2.653524

Inverpeffer (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Pheofhair, lit. 'Mouth of the shining/beautiful stream') was a hamlet that once existed in Angus, Scotland until around 1941, when it was demolished during the building of East Haven airfield.[1]

David of Inverpeffer was one of the signatories to the Performance of Fealty to Edward I, signed in August 1296 at Berwick upon Tweed.[2]

It was on a return journey from Inverpeffer to Barry in 1797 that loomwright Thomas Lowson fell asleep in grassland belonging to Major William Phillips. Lowson, enamoured of the area, approached Phillips, securing a feu of land, and built the first house in the village that was to become Carnoustie.[3]

Today, a single building from the former hamlet remains.

References

  1. ^ "Inverpeffer", Canmore Database, Historic Environment Scotland, retrieved 21 April 2023
  2. ^ "Performance of fealty to Edward I, king of England", People of Medieval Scotland, retrieved 21 April 2023
  3. ^ Dickson, R. (1892), Carnoustie and its Neighbourhood (revised ed.), Balgavies, Angus: Pinkfoot Press (2002 facsimile)


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