OS grid reference NN912531 Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district PH9xx Local time Saturday 11:10 AM | Post town PITLOCHRY Dialling code 01887 | |
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Grandtully (pronounced as "Grantly" and sometimes also spelt "Grantully") is a small village in Perthshire, Scotland.
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Map of Grandtully, Pitlochry, UK
It is situated close to the River Tay, about 3 miles from Pitlochry. It has a population of approximately 750 inhabitants.
Parish Church
Grandtully has a Church of Scotland parish church; it is now part of Grantully, Logierait and Strathtay Parish (within the Church of Scotland's Presbytery of Dunkeld and Meigle).
St Mary's church
In Nether Pitcairn, 3.2 km south-west of Grandtully, there is a church built 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 17:th century. 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.