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Coordinates: 56°19′48″N 3°50′02″W / 56.32998°N 3.83395°W
Muthill 
Muthill
Muthill shown within Perth and KinrossPopulation 675 OS grid reference NN867168 Council area Perth and Kinross Lieutenancy area Perth and Kinross Country Scotland Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town CRIEFF Postcode district PH5 Dialling code 01764 Police Tayside Fire Tayside Ambulance Scottish EU Parliament Scotland UK Parliament Ochil and South Perthshire Scottish Parliament Perth Mid Scotland and Fife List of places: UK • Scotland • Muthill, pronounced [ˈmjuːθɪl], is a village in Perth and Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland. It lies on the former railway line connecting Perth and Crieff, 3 miles south of Crieff. The name possibly derives from Moot hill, a place of judgement.[1]
The ancient village was once an important religious centre and the site of a Celí Dé monastery. The church here also served for a time as a seat of the Bishops of Strathearn (later Dunblane) before the building of the cathedral at Dunblane in the 13th century.
Ruined medieval Church at Muthill
The village was largely destroyed in the 1715 – 1716 Jacobite rising, by Jacobite troops retiring after their defeat at the Battle of Sheriffmuir, being rebuilt in the 1740s as it lay on the route of General Wade's military road through Strathearn.
There are over a hundred listed buildings in the village. The kirkyard at the centre of the small town contains the ruins of an important 15th century parish church, which incorporates an 11th century bell-tower (originally free-standing, and comparable to, though on a smaller scale than, that incorporated into Dunblane Cathedral), built on the orders of Michael Ochiltree, Bishop of Dunblane (in the care of Historic Scotland; no entrance charge). This is almost the only visible reminder of the ancient village. An early Christian cross-slab (perhaps 10th-11th century) and a damaged 13th century double effigy of an Earl and Countess of Strathearn (formerly within the choir of the church) are preserved within the tower.
Muthill Primary School serves the village. There is no secondary school.
In 2011, Muthill embarked upon a Community Action Plan exercise to explore how people envisaged the development of the village.[2]
References
- ^ Knight, James. Glasgow and Strathclyde. London : Thomas Nelson & Sons. p. 87.
- ^ Duke, Lynn (18 March 2011), "Muthill looks forward to new action plan", Strathearn Herald, http://www.strathearnherald.co.uk/strathearn-news/strathearn-news/2011/03/18/muthill-looks-forward-to-new-action-plan-64054-28349198/, retrieved 16 August 2011
External links
- Gazetteer for Scotland
Media related to Muthill at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:- Villages in Perth and Kinross
- Perth and Kinross geography stubs
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