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Piperheugh,〔 Piper's-Heugh,〔Paterson, Page 558〕 or even Piperhaugh〔(RCAHMS ) Retrieved : 2012-08-04〕 was a hamlet in North Ayrshire, Parish of Stevenston, Scotland. The inhabitants were recorded as famous manufacturers of trumps, or Jew's harps.〔Smith, Page 55〕 The village only survived as ruins by 1837〔 and no remnants are now visible, not even the plantation that bore its name.〔〔〔 'Pyperheugh' and 'Pypersheugh' are both recorded in the 18th century.〔Clements, Page 28〕 The site of the hamlet or village of Piperheugh is said to have been on the north-east side of Woodhead Plantation, where on the road to Guest Mailling and Ardeer Mains, once called Little Dubbs〔Clements, Page 94〕 (now Ardeer Steading), was located a clump of trees known locally as the Pipers-Heugh Plantation,〔Clements, Page 11〕 and extending eastwards towards the crossroads.〔〔Clements, Page 10〕 Smith records it as being located beyond the east end of the bank upon which Ardeer House once stood.〔 == History == The village is said to have been of some antiquity and as stated, the chief occupation was the making and possibly the playing〔Wallace, Page 9〕 of trumps or Jew's harps.〔Douglas, Page 85〕 A record of 1627 records the death of one Johana Logane, wife of a trump-maker in Stevenston.〔 From the place name it has been suggested that the craftsmen were not only ''artificers in brass and iron'', but also ''handlers of the harp'' and probably players of the bagpipes.〔〔 In the ''Statistical Account'' of Stevenston parish by the minister Dr Wodrow, published in 1791, the village is stated to have been composed of between fourteen and sixteen houses, standing about a quarter of a mile east of Stevenston.〔 Blaeu's map of 1654, based on Timothy Pont's map of circa 1600 clearly indicates Pyperhauck (sic) without Stevenston even being recorded. A place named 'Pypermuck' is shown near Saltcoats.〔(Blaeu's Map ) Retrieved : 2012-08-16〕 The 1856 OS map records the ''Site of the village of Piperheugh'' between the copse at the 'Y' road junction and the Woodhead Plantation.〔(OS Map ) Retrieved : 2012-08-05〕 In Scots 'Piper's news' in olden times refers to men unfit to earn a living who travelled from house to house begging; some played on the pipes, related interesting news events that had happened, and passed on all the local gossip.〔 A heugh or heuch in Scots is a dell or a steep bank, especially one bordering a river or the sea.〔 In this context it is worth noting the River Garnock used to run along a route that included a section through nearby Dubbs and below Ardeer House; Ardeer sand dunes being effectively an island at that time.〔Love, Page 46〕 ; The abandonment of Piperheugh The area upon which the village once stood is now partly developed and the Piperheugh Plantation has been felled. It is not clear what led to its abandonment, leading to the suggestion that Piperheugh was essentially an artisan encampment of gypsies or tinkers rather than a village of permanent dwellings,〔 although it was significant enough to appear on Blaeu's map in the 17th century.〔 Ardeer House (demolished 1968) and estate owned the land on which the hamlet stood and this would have had a bearing on the fate of the settlement. Robin Campbell states that the 'Piper's Haugh' was "''Swallowed up in the sands of Ardeer.''"〔Service, Page 257〕 Such a suggestion is possible when it is looked at in the context of dry summers, such as that of 1826, when the wind blown sands from Ardeer caused havoc for miles inland.〔Clements, Page 76〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Piperheugh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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