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'''Murthly''' ([[Scottish Gaelic]] ''Mòrthlaich'') is a village in [[Perth and Kinross]], Scotland. It lies on the south bank of the [[River Tay]], {{convert|5|miles}} south-east of [[Dunkeld]], and {{convert|9 + 1/2|miles}} north of [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]]. Perth District Asylum, later known as [[Murthly Hospital]], was opened in the village on 1 April 1864 for 'pauper lunatics'. It was the second district asylum to be built in [[Scotland]] under the terms of the 1857 Lunacy (Scotland) Act. It closed in 1984 and was later demolished.<ref name="THB 30 Murthly Asylum">{{cite web|title=THB 30 Murthly Asylum|url=http://arccat.dundee.ac.uk/dserve.exe?&dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=1&dsqSearch=((text)=%27thb%2030%27)|work=Archive Services Online Catalogue|publisher=[[University of Dundee]]|accessdate=26 April 2016}}</ref><ref name="Archive Article">{{cite web|title=Murthly Hospital 150 years old today|url=http://www.archives-records-artefacts.blogspot.com/2014/04/murthly-hospital-150-years-old-today.html|work=Archives, Records and Artefacts at the University of Dundee|publisher=University of Dundee|accessdate=26 April 2016}}</ref> The village has a [[stone circle]], in the former grounds of the hospital.<ref>{{Canmore |num=28591 |desc=Murthly Hospital, Stone Circle |access-date=6 October 2010}}</ref> The village formerly had a [[Murthly railway station|railway station]] on the [[Perth and Dunkeld Railway]], which closed in 1965. |
'''Murthly''' ([[Scottish Gaelic]] ''Mòrthlaich'') is a village in [[Perth and Kinross]], Scotland. It lies on the south bank of the [[River Tay]], {{convert|5|miles}} south-east of [[Dunkeld]], and {{convert|9 + 1/2|miles}} north of [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]]. Perth District Asylum, later known as [[Murthly Hospital]], was opened in the village on 1 April 1864 for 'pauper lunatics'. It was the second district asylum to be built in [[Scotland]] under the terms of the 1857 Lunacy (Scotland) Act. It closed in 1984 and was later demolished.<ref name="THB 30 Murthly Asylum">{{cite web|title=THB 30 Murthly Asylum|url=http://arccat.dundee.ac.uk/dserve.exe?&dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=1&dsqSearch=((text)=%27thb%2030%27)|work=Archive Services Online Catalogue|publisher=[[University of Dundee]]|accessdate=26 April 2016}}</ref><ref name="Archive Article">{{cite web|title=Murthly Hospital 150 years old today|url=http://www.archives-records-artefacts.blogspot.com/2014/04/murthly-hospital-150-years-old-today.html|work=Archives, Records and Artefacts at the University of Dundee|publisher=University of Dundee|accessdate=26 April 2016}}</ref> The village has a [[stone circle]], in the former grounds of the hospital.<ref>{{Canmore |num=28591 |desc=Murthly Hospital, Stone Circle |access-date=6 October 2010}}</ref> The village formerly had a [[Murthly railway station|railway station]] on the [[Perth and Dunkeld Railway]], which closed in 1965. |
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On the site of the old hospital, a housing estate named Druids Park stands. However, there has been calls to make this separate to Murthly proper. This is due to the former’s residents being wholly out of touch with country living, and not wanting to be associated with the behaviour of the new influx of people originally from urban areas. |
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==Murthly Castle== |
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Murthly
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 Murthly Garage in the centre of Murthly | |
  Murthly Location within Perth and Kinross | |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PERTH |
| Postcode district | PH14 |
| Dialling code | 01738 |
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Murthly (Scottish Gaelic Mòrthlaich) is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It lies on the south bank of the River Tay, 5 miles (8.0 km) south-east of Dunkeld, and 9+1⁄2 miles (15.3 km) north of Perth. Perth District Asylum, later known as Murthly Hospital, was opened in the village on 1 April 1864 for 'pauper lunatics'. It was the second district asylum to be built in Scotland under the terms of the 1857 Lunacy (Scotland) Act. It closed in 1984 and was later demolished.[1][2] The village has a stone circle, in the former grounds of the hospital.[3] The village formerly had a railway station on the Perth and Dunkeld Railway, which closed in 1965.
On the site of the old hospital, a housing estate named Druids Park stands. However, there has been calls to make this separate to Murthly proper. This is due to the former’s residents being wholly out of touch with country living, and not wanting to be associated with the behaviour of the new influx of people originally from urban areas.
Murthly Castle
The 15th-century Murthly Castle is 1+2⁄3 miles (2.7 km) to the west of the village centre. An ambitious 19th-century replacement castle by James Gillespie Graham was never finished and was later demolished.[4][5] Within the castle grounds is the Chapel of St Anthony the Eremite, a Catholic chapel designed by James Gillespie Graham and A W N Pugin in 1846, attached to an earlier 16th-century chapel.[6] Carving in the castle and the chapel was done by Patric Park, then aged only 17.[7]
References
- ^ "THB 30 Murthly Asylum". Archive Services Online Catalogue. University of Dundee. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ "Murthly Hospital 150 years old today". Archives, Records and Artefacts at the University of Dundee. University of Dundee. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Murthly Hospital, Stone Circle (28591)". Canmore. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "MURTHLY CASTLE (GDL00292)". Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "MURTHLY CASTLE (Category A Listed Building) (LB11146)". Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "CHAPEL OF ST ANTHONY THE EREMITE, MURTHLY (Category A Listed Building) (LB13460)". Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1881, Gunnis
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