Bellsdyke Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | Larbert, Scotland |
Coordinates | 56°02′07″N 3°49′14″W / 56.0352°N 3.8205°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | NHS Scotland |
Type | Specialist |
Services | |
Speciality | Psychiatric hospital |
History | |
Opened | June 1869 |
Closed | 1997 |
Bellsdyke Hospital, also known as Stirling District Lunatic Asylum ('SDLA') or Stirling District Asylum, is a former psychiatric hospital at Larbert, Falkirk that was opened in June 1869 and largely closed in 1997. It was an asylum set up by the Stirling District Lunacy Board.[1]