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'''Murthly''' is a village in [[Perth and Kinross]], [[Scotland]]. It is located on the south bank of the [[River Tay]], {{convert|7|km}} south-east of [[Dunkeld]], and {{convert|15|km}} north of [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]]. Perth District Asylum, later known as Murthly Hospital, opened in the village in [[1864]] and was closed in [[1985]]. A [[stone circle]] is lcoated within the village, in the former grounds of the hospital.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/28591/details/murthly+hospital/ |title=Murthly Hospital, Stone Circle |work=[[CANMORE]] |publisher=[[RCAHMS]] }}</ref> The village formerly had a railway station on the [[Perth and Dunkeld Railway]]. |
'''Murthly''' is a village in [[Perth and Kinross]], [[Scotland]]. It is located on the south bank of the [[River Tay]], {{convert|7|km}} south-east of [[Dunkeld]], and {{convert|15|km}} north of [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]]. Perth District Asylum, later known as Murthly Hospital, opened in the village in [[1864]] and was closed in [[1985]]. A [[stone circle]] is lcoated within the village, in the former grounds of the hospital.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/28591/details/murthly+hospital/ |title=Murthly Hospital, Stone Circle |work=[[CANMORE]] |publisher=[[RCAHMS]] }}</ref> The village formerly had a railway station on the [[Perth and Dunkeld Railway]]. |
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The [[16th-century]] Murthly Castle is located {{convert|3|km}} to the west. An ambitious [[19th-century]] replacement castle was never finished and was completely demolished.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hsewsf.sedsh.gov.uk/hslive/hsstart?P_HBNUM=11146|title=Murthly Castle: Listed Building Report|publisher=Historic Scotland}}</ref> 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 or 17th-century chapel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hsewsf.sedsh.gov.uk/hslive/hsstart?P_HBNUM=13460|title=Chapel Of St Anthony The Eremite, Murthly: Listed Building Report|publisher=Historic Scotland}}</ref> |
The [[16th-century]] Murthly Castle is located {{convert|3|km}} to the west. An ambitious [[19th-century]] replacement castle was never finished and was completely demolished.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hsewsf.sedsh.gov.uk/hslive/hsstart?P_HBNUM=11146|title=Murthly Castle: Listed Building Report|publisher=Historic Scotland}}</ref> 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 or 17th-century chapel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hsewsf.sedsh.gov.uk/hslive/hsstart?P_HBNUM=13460|title=Chapel Of St Anthony The Eremite, Murthly: Listed Building Report|publisher=Historic Scotland}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 06:06, 11 April 2011
Murthly is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is located on the south bank of the River Tay, 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) south-east of Dunkeld, and 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of Perth. Perth District Asylum, later known as Murthly Hospital, opened in the village in 1864 and was closed in 1985. A stone circle is lcoated within the village, in the former grounds of the hospital.[1] The village formerly had a railway station on the Perth and Dunkeld Railway.
The 16th-century Murthly Castle is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the west. An ambitious 19th-century replacement castle was never finished and was completely demolished.[2] 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 or 17th-century chapel.[3]
References
- ^ "Murthly Hospital, Stone Circle". CANMORE. RCAHMS.
- ^ "Murthly Castle: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland.
- ^ "Chapel Of St Anthony The Eremite, Murthly: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland.
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