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Murthly
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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, southeast of Dunkeld, and 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 clos
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- Locality
- Murthly
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 510
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- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- Murthly
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 580
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
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- Murthly Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1443520.jpg
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- Murthly
- historic county
- Perthshire
- P8168
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- Murthly
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Murthly, schottisch-gälisch Mórthlaich, ist eine schottische Ortschaft in der Council Area Perth and Kinross. Sie liegt in der traditionellen Grafschaft Perthshire rund acht Kilometer südöstlich von Dunkeld und 15 Kilometer nördlich des Zentrums von Perth am rechten Ufer des Tay.
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