page_title: Stoneyetts Hospital
section_title: Aftermath
hierarchical_section_title: Stoneyetts Hospital / Aftermath
caption_attribution_description: English: The road leading into the former site of Stoneyetts Hospital (originally Stoneyetts Certified Institution for Mental Defectives) in Moodiesburn.
context_page_description: Stoneyetts Hospital was a psychiatric hospital located in Moodiesburn, near Glasgow. It operated from 1913 to 1992.
context_section_description: NHS Greater Glasgow retained ownership of the land and allowed local players to continue running the hospital's bowling venue after the main buildings were demolished. The desolate area became a popular location for vandalism, fly tipping and underage drinking; concerns were raised with regard to children playing on the site, particularly due to the presence of discarded hypodermic needles. Locals regularly walked their dogs in the less decayed sections.
  On 25 September 1999, an 11-year-old boy died after falling 50 feet from a tree in the woods.
  In October 2001, the Stoneyetts area again became the cause of public unrest when the Scottish Prison Service expressed interest in purchasing the former hospital grounds to build a jail there.
  Several elements of the hospital site remained into the 2010s, such as a tree outline of the grounds, largely overgrown roads, unpowered street lighting, a disused football pitch, and building remnants including an accessible basement. The nearby Stoneyetts Cottages still stand, despite being secluded from the site by the intersecting 2011 M80 motorway extension.
  In November 2016, the Stoneyetts land was put up for sale as a residential development site. The following year Miller Homes purchased the area for 291 planned homes, while agreeing to retain Stoneyetts Bowling Club and much of the surrounding woodland; adjacent land by the entrance was procured by Persimmon for 60 proposed builds. Persimmon gained clearance from North Lanarkshire Council in November 2018, while Miller received permission in February 2019.
caption: Entrance to the former site, 2012
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