Innerpeffray



Innerpeffray is a hamlet in Perthshire, Scotland, 4 mi 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 in the chapel. Sir John Drummond 2nd of Innerpeffray, the man who built the chapel is buried there, as well.

History
Human settlements in the area date back to nearly 4000 years ago, but the oldest confirmed settlement at the site is the Strageath Roman Fort, across the River Earn.

Innerpeffray Library
Innerpeffray Library is a historic subscription library 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 until the Reformation when it was confiscated by the crown and sold to the Drummond family. Mary, Queen of Scots, stayed at Innerpeffray in June 1565.

The current ruinous 17th century L-plan tower house, south of the village, was built by James Drummond, 1st Baron Maderty, 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 to the north, now disused, served the hamlets of Innerpeffray and Millhills.

Notable people

 * James Drummond, 1st Baron Maderty
 * Maol Choluim de Innerpeffray