Inverpeffer

Human settlement in Scotland

Inverpeffer

Location within Angus

OS grid referenceNO599379Council area

Angus

Lieutenancy area

Angus

CountryScotlandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPoliceScotlandFire Scottish AmbulanceScottish

List of places: UK; Scotland

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

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