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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 680265
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/680265
NO04SE 14 07134 40061
(NO 0713 4004) Chapel (NR)
OS 6" map, Perthshire, 2nd ed (1901)
An old chapel, the age and dedication of which are not known, now used as a burying place for the Stewart family. A modern Roman Catholic chapel has been erected against the west side of the old building.
Name Book 1864.
Under the heading 'The Chapel of St Anthony at Murthly, Fraser states that 'the mortuary chapel of the Murthly family is situated about 400 yds N of the old castle. Adjoining it on the W end is a Roman Catholic chapel erected in 1846 and called the Chapel of St Anthony the Eremite'.
W Fraser 1868.
There is a chapel of St Anthony the Eremite at Murthly. The original part, of 16th - 17th century date, was refitted and altered in 1843.
SDD 1963.
The old chapel is modernised and incorporated in the modern chapel. The dedication is not in use and is recalled by few in the neighbourhood.
Visited by OS (AA) 5 February 1974.
