Grandtully (''pronounced as "Grantly" and sometimes also spelt "Grantully"'') is a small village in Perthshire,

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. It is situated close to the River Tay, about from

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. It has a population of approximately 750 inhabitants.

Parish Church

Grandtully has a

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parish church; it is now part of Grantully, Logierait and

Strathtay : ''For the bus company, see Stagecoach Strathtay.'' Strathtay is a small rural village on the River Tay in Perthshire, Scotland. It is part of the Grandtully and Strathtay Conservation Area. Neighbouring Grandtully is situated on the other side o ...

Parish (within the Church of Scotland's Presbytery of

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and

Meigle Meigle ( gd, Mìgeil, ) is a village in Strathmore, Scotland. It lies in the council area of Perth and Kinross in the Coupar Angus and Meigle ward. It lies on the A94 road between Perth and Forfar. Other smaller settlements nearby are Balk ...

St Mary's church

St Mary's Chapel, Grandtully - Painted Ceiling - geograph

In Nether Pitcairn, 3.2 km south-west of Grandtully, there is a church built by Alexander Stewart of Grandtully in, or shortly before, 1533. It is a low and outwardly unassuming white washed building that contains a wooden tunnel vault ceiling with tempera paintings from the early 17th century commissioned by William Stewart. The paintings show scenes and persons from the bible intermixed with the coats of arms of kings and noblemen, and in addition an abundance of birds, fruits and angels, all depicted in a renaissance style with cartouches and imitated metal work. The paintings were restored in about 1950.

Grandtully Castle

Dating to 1560, although an earlier castle stood around east and dates from 1414; only its foundations remain.

Notable people

*The

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*Sir William Drummond Stewart of Grandtully Castle, and his son, * George Stewart, recipient of the

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