Bellsdyke Hospital

Bellsdyke Hospital
Stirling District Asylum (latterly known as Bellsdyke Hospital)
Shown in Falkirk
Geography
LocationLarbert, Scotland
Coordinates56°02′07″N 3°49′14″W / 56.0352°N 3.8205°W / 56.0352; -3.8205
Organisation
Care systemNHS Scotland
TypeSpecialist
Services
SpecialityPsychiatric hospital
History
OpenedJune 1869 (1869-06)
Closed1997 (1997)

Bellsdyke Hospital, also known as Stirling District Lunatic Asylum (SDLA) or Stirling District Asylum, is a former psychiatric hospital at Larbert, Falkirk council area, that was opened in June 1869 and largely closed in 1997. It was an asylum set up by the Stirling District Lunacy Board.