Gleniffer Braes

Gleniffer Braes

‎ Gleniffer Braes is a short range of hills to the south of Paisley, Scotland ("brae" is the Scots word for hill) which form the boundary of Renfrewshire and Ayrshire. In the Braes are found the Robertson Country Park and the Scout adventure centre at Lapwing Lodge - formerly a TB Sanitorium built in 1910. A major electrical substation is here which was expanded in 2005 and covers the site of the former |WWII decoy ponds [ [http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/GlenifferBraesDecoy Secret Scotland - Gleniffer Braes Decoy ] ] , as well as a radio transmitter. There used to be an inn called The Peesweep inn [The Renfrewshire Magazine: 1846-7 pp26 - [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=P3IAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA26&lpg=PA26&dq=The+Peesweep+Inn+&source=web&ots=G8dDD5rj0B&sig=vdF0OA1F-h6hs7-mAipQ8YACwvo&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result Peesweep Inn] ] (peesweep being a local term for the lapwing) nearby which was converted to a private house in 1925. [ [http://www.happyhaggis.co.uk/renfrewshire.htm Happy Haggis will help you trace your Scottish family tree - Renfrewshire history and general information ] ]

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