Blog: Thornie Tales
This is a personal blog loosely associated with Murthly History Group. It takes its title from Thornie Muir, where the Gellyburn has its source. Some of the material being developed for a full history of Murthly will be tried out/aired here. Please feel free to comment and make useful suggestions. The views of the author are his own, not those of Murthly History Group.
Why The Jorums Got Their Name
Added at 14:33 on 29 August 2025
No one now knows why a small chapel was dedicated to St Jerome at Hillhead, above Dunkeld. Or when. The myster...
Dundonnachie Revisted
Added at 14:58 on 21 May 2025
The text of a talk given to the Dunkeld & Birnam Historical Society on Friday 4th March 2025 The subject o...
A Tale of Two Outings
Added at 15:28 on 20 May 2025
The railway fever that swept Great Britain in the 1840s democratised travel. Families, couples, clubs and soc...
Where Parishes Butt
Added at 10:32 on 05 February 2025
Murthly estate stretches across three parishes – Auchtergaven, Kinclaven and, mostly, Little Dunkeld. T...
Working Man's Diary
Added at 11:56 on 02 August 2024
Over the centuries, the folk of this parish (well, ordinary people everywhere) have come across as gingerbrea...
Gauls of Murthly
Added at 10:42 on 19 June 2024
On the road out to the old A9 from Byres of Murthly, just past the sawmill on the right, there used to be a sm...