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'''Inverpeffer''' was a hamlet in [[Angus]] that | {{county|Forfar}} | ||
'''Inverpeffer''' was a hamlet in [[Angus]] that stood east of the A92 between [[Carnoustie]] and [[Arbroath]]. The hamlet was inhabited until around 1941, when it was demolished during the building of [[East Haven, Angus|East Haven]] airfield. | |||
It was on a return journey from Inverpeffer to [[Barry, Angus|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]].<ref name="Dickson">{{citation | It was on a return journey from Inverpeffer to [[Barry, Angus|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]].<ref name="Dickson">{{citation | ||
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Today, a single building from the former hamlet remains. | Today, a single building from the former hamlet remains, marked as Inverpeffer on [[Ordnance Survey]] 1:25000-scale maps. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
==Outside links== | |||
*Location map: {{wmap|56.5313|-2.6535|zoom=14|name=Inverpeffer}} | |||
*Streetmap: {{map|NO599379}} | |||
[[Category:Lost villages of Angus]] | [[Category:Lost villages of Angus]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:15, 8 March 2018
Inverpeffer was a hamlet in Angus that stood east of the A92 between Carnoustie and Arbroath. The hamlet was inhabited until around 1941, when it was demolished during the building of East Haven airfield.
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.[1]
Today, a single building from the former hamlet remains, marked as Inverpeffer on Ordnance Survey 1:25000-scale maps.
References
- ↑ Dickson, R. (1892), Carnoustie and its Neighbourhood (revised ed.), Balgavies, Angus: Pinkfoot Press (2002 facsimile)
Outside links
- Location map: 56°31’53"N, 2°39’13"W
- Streetmap: NO599379