The hospital closed in 1998 and it fell into disuse. This was followed by the inevitable fires in 2004 and 2016, leaving the building badly damaged and at risk of being lost. In 2020, it was used as a filming location for The Batman, where it served as Gotham Orphanage.

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The Central Admissions Block of Hartwood Hospital near Shotts to the east of Glasgow. Designed by J.L. Murray in an imposing Scots Baronial style, it opened in 1895 as the Lanark District Asylum. A tubercolosis sanatorium was added to the site in 1906.

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Old football leagues:
Dykehead F.C. played in the Scottish Football Union (and in Eastern Football League, Scottish Football Alliance, , Inter County Football League, Scottish Football League Third Division).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dykehead_F.C%2E

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Dykehead F.C. - Wikipedia