Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Murrayshall

Murrayshall, a mansion in a detached section of Kinnoull parish, Perthshire, 3 miles NE of Perth. Built by Sir Andrew Murray in 1664, and restored in 1864, it is the seat of Henry Stewart Murray-Graham, Esq. (b. 1848; suc. 1881), who holds 1913 acres in the shire, valued at £2679 per annum. Murrayshall Hill (918 feet), a prominent summit of the Sidlaws, is crowned by an obelisk erected in 1850 to the memory of Lord Lynedoch.—Ord. Sur., sh. 48, 1868.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a mansion"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Kinnoull ScoP       Perthshire ScoCnty

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