Innerpeffray is a hamlet in

Perthshire Perthshire (locally: ; gd, Siorrachd Pheairt), officially the County of Perth, is a historic county and registration county in central Scotland. Geographically it extends from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, ...

, Scotland, southeast of Crieff. It is located on a raised promontory among beech woodland above the River Earn. A fording point across the river can still be used, on what is the line of a Roman Road. The settlement mainly consists of an early complete and very important group of educational and religious buildings, all founded, built or rebuilt by the Drummond family of Strathearn.

Collegiate Chapel of St Mary

Innerpeffray Collegiate Church is an early-16th-century church. It is a scheduled monument. John Drummond, 1st Lord Drummond is buried here. Sir John Drummond 2nd of Innerpeffray (who built this chapel) is buried here, as well.

Innerpeffray Library

Innerpeffray Library Innerpeffray Library was the first lending library in Scotland. It is located in the hamlet of Innerpeffray, by the River Earn in Perth and Kinross, southeast of Crieff. The library building is Category A listed. St Mary's Chapel Innerpeffray ...

is a historic

subscription library A subscription library (also membership library or independent library) is a library that is financed by private funds either from membership fees or endowments. Unlike a public library, access is often restricted to members, but access rights c ...

and was the first lending library in Scotland. The current library building was completed in 1762 and is Category A listed.

Innerpeffray Castle

The land was controlled by

Inchaffray Abbey Inchaffray Abbey was situated by the village of Madderty, midway between Perth and Crieff in Strathearn, Scotland. The only traces now visible are an earth mound and some walls on rising ground which once (before drainage) formed an island w ...

until the Reformation when it was confiscated by the crown and sold to the Drummond family. The current ruinous 17th century L-plan tower house , south of the village, was built by

James Drummond, 1st Baron Maderty James Drummond, 1st Lord Maderty (1540?–1623) was a Scottish peer. Life Drummond was the second son of David Drummond, 2nd Lord Drummond, by his wife, Lilias, eldest daughter of William, second Lord Ruthven. He was educated with James VI, who ...

, on the corner of a former Roman marching camp. The form and design is typical of the period in Scotland with crowstepped gables. The structure contains gunloops and windows. A vaulted basement lies under the structure. Drummond Castle to the southwest of Crieff is the current Drummond family seat. The castle and the site of the Roman camp are both protected as scheduled monuments.

Innerpeffray railway station

Innerpeffray railway station Innerpeffray railway station served the hamlets of Innerpeffray and Millhills in the Scottish county of Perth and Kinross. History Opened on 21 May 1866 by the Crieff and Methven Junction Railway, then by the Caledonian Railway, it became pa ...

to the north, now disused, served the hamlets of Innerpeffray and Millhills.

Notable people

* Maol Choluim de Innerpeffray

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