Breakfast at MillHills House Air B&B then drive 2 miles into Crieff for a look around. Fran and I visit a friend of John and Marys' ( dry stone waller friend who we know from The Main cafe in Port Hope ). U&R explore the shops and architecture around Crieff.
We meet up for lunch at the Rhubarb cafe and drive back towards our B&B to visit the Library at Innerpeffray.
The Library at Innerpeffray:
The site of Innerpeffray is steeped in history. There were human settlements nearby dating back nearly 4000 years, but the oldest confirmed settlement at the site was the Roman fort at Strageath, just across the River Earn. A strategic Roman road passes through the site and its path is still visible today.
In the early sixteenth century St Mary’s chapel was re-built by Lord John Drummond for the family’s personal use. In the seventeenth century the Drummond family was active in the Civil War on the Royalist side. Surviving despite his Royalist sympathies, towards the end of his years David Drummond, third Lord Madertie made his substantial collection of books available to be used by local people free of any cost and charged the family with keeping the library for the future. This action was unprecedented and created the first public lending library in Scotland.
His descendant, Robert Hay Drummond, commissioned the construction of the present library building and it opened in 1762. The Victorian schoolroom was added in 1846 to replace the first ‘little house’. You can visit the Chapel, Schoolroom and Library today
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| Everyone gets a custom stamp to remember their visit to the library |
From Ice and Stone .. the beautiful stone fences and lots of history covered on this day ..
ReplyDeleteSuch an honor to meet the dry stone waller who deployed his craft at many Royal residences
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