Inverbervie lies approximately halfway between Montrose and Stonehaven and just to the north of Gourdon. It is in fact a Royal Burgh, having been granted that status by David II in 1341 when he made landfall here on his return from exile in France. Craig David (or Bervie Brow), the nearby headland, commemorates this event. 

“Bervie” as it’s often known to locals, grew up on linen production in the 18^th century and is reputed to have had the first spinning machine for linen production in Scotland.

The town is connected to Stonehaven via a 1930’s bridge which replaced an earlier single span structure which dates from the 18^th century and contains the town gaol (nowadays unused) while a short distance away is the Hercules Linton Memorial. Hercules Linton was the designer of the Cutty Sark and was born in Bervie in 1837. The memorial is a full size replica of the figurehead of the ship – the scantily clad witch Nanny from the Robert Burns poem “Tam o’ Shanter”, holding Tam's horse's tail.

For more information on the Cutty Sark visit  http://www.cuttysark.org.uk/

For a map of the area click here