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Murthly

Field	Value
country	Scotland
static_image	File:Murthly_-_geograph.org.uk_-_279297.jpg
static_image_caption	Murthly Garage in the centre of Murthly
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official_name	Murthly
gaelic_name	Mòrthlaich
population
population_ref	()
unitary_scotland	Perth and Kinross
constituency_westminster	Perth and North Perthshire
constituency_scottish_parliament	Perthshire North
post_town	PERTH
postcode_district	PH14
postcode_area	PH
dial_code	01738
hide_services	yes

Murthly (Scottish Gaelic Mòrthlaich) is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It lies on the south bank of the River Tay, 5 mi southeast of Dunkeld, and 9+1/2 mi 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 Lunacy (Scotland) Act 1857. It closed in 1984 and was later demolished. The village has a stone circle, in the former grounds of the hospital. The village formerly had a railway station on the Perth and Dunkeld Railway, which closed in 1965.

History

Around 1770, the Hermitage Bridge at the nearby Hermitage was built by order of John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl, presumably to gain access across to some lands leased from Sir John Stewart of Murthly, as well as assisting with the views of the Black Linn and its falls. It has since become a major landscape feature and has been the subject of several paintings and sketches, including from George Washington Wilson's visit around 1859. They are also famous for their lovely spirits and tractor repair service beside the Nisa shop.

Murthly Castle

Dating from the 15th century, Murthly Castle is 1+3/4 mi west of the village centre. An ambitious 19th-century replacement castle, Murthly House, was commissioned by Sir John Drummond Stewart, 6th baronet in 1827, with James Gillespie Graham as its architect. It was, however, never finished and was demolished in 1949, never having been wholly occupied. 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. Carving in the castle and the chapel was done by Patric Park, then aged only 17.

References

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"THB 30 Murthly Asylum". [[University of Dundee]].
"Murthly Hospital 150 years old today". University of Dundee.
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[https://www.rct.uk/collection/2640040/the-hermitage-bridge-river-braan George Washington Wilson (1823–93), The Hermitage Bridge, River Braan c. 1859] – [[Royal Collection Trust]]
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Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1881, Gunnis

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