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.
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...
I Told You
Added on 19 June 2024
I was looking at a feature article, “The Edge of Empire”, in the Courier, More explicitly, at the ...