Muthill

The ancient village was once an important religious centre and the site of a Celí Dé monastery in the 12th century. 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. The village was largely destroyed in the 1715 1716 Jacobite rising, by Jacobite troops retreating after their defeat at the Battle of Sheriffmuir, before being rebuilt in the 1740s as it lay on the route of General Wade's military road through Strathearn. The village was formerly connected to the rail network at Muthill railway station, originally built in 1856 for the Crieff Junction Railway. The line closed on…

)]] There are around 100 listed buildings in the village, which is designated as a conservation area. Muthill Parish church dates from 1826 and is by James Gillespie Graham, built at a cost of £6900. Muthill has its own primary school while secondary school pupils attend Strathearn Community Campus in nearby Crieff.