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Kirriemuir (/ ˌ k ɪr i ˈ m jʊər / KIRR-ee-MURE, Scots: [ˌkɪreˈmeːr,-møːr]; Scottish Gaelic: Ceathramh Mhoire [ˌkʲʰɛɾə ˈvɔɾʲə]), sometimes called Kirrie or the Wee Red Toon, [2] is a burgh in Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom. The playwright J. M. Barrie was born and buried here and a statue of Peter Pan is in the town square ...
Kirriemuir 2 rear. Photograph by Kyle Munro 56°38′39″N 2°53′21″W / 56.6441°N 2.8891°W / 56.6441; -2.8891 The Kirriemuir Sculptured Stones are a series of Class II and III Pictish stones found in Kirriemuir , Angus, Scotland
The first municipal building in the town was the Kirriemuir Town House in the High Street which was completed in 1604. [2] In the 1880s, the burgh council decided that the town house was too small for the administration of the burgh and they decided to commission a new building in Reform Street.
The Meffan Institute is a museum and art gallery in Forfar, Angus.It houses a variety of exhibits of local interest in Angus, including a collection of Pictish stones, particularly the Dunnichen Stone and the Kirriemuir Sculptured Stones as well as Roman and Medieval artefacts found in the local area.
Kinnordy House. Kinnordy House (alternative spellings: Kynnordy, Kinardy, Kinnordie and Kinorde) is an estate house near Kirriemuir in Angus, Scotland.The first house was built in the 1680s, when Inverquharity Castle was vacated; however, the current three-storey, towered and turreted structure dates from 1881, incorporating an 18th-century wing and stables.
Kirriemuir Town House is a municipal structure in the High Street in Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland. The structure, which was used as a museum from 2001 to 2023, is a Category B listed building . [ 1 ]
It lies around 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) north-east of Kirriemuir near the River South Esk. The lands of Inverquharity came to the Ogilvie family around 1420. The castle was first constructed as a rectangular tower in the 1440s, by Alexander Ogilvie, 2nd Lord Inverquharity. In the 16th century a wing was added to form a four-storey L-plan castle.
The scheme for classifying buildings in Scotland is: Category A: "buildings of national or international importance, either architectural or historic; or fine, little-altered examples of some particular period, style or building type."