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Murthly

Use British English from September 2017Villages in Perth and Kinross
Murthly geograph.org.uk 279297
Murthly geograph.org.uk 279297

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 kilometres) southeast of Dunkeld, and 9+1⁄2 miles (15 kilometres) 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. 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.

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N 56.530277777778 ° E -3.4638888888889 °
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Wylie Court

Wylie Court
PH1 4EQ
Scotland, United Kingdom
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