Dunkeld
Dunkeld and also Birnam is a neighborhood council location as well as UK Census region in Perth and also Kinross, Scotland, consisting of two towns on opposite financial institutions of the River Tay: the historic cathedral "city" of Dunkeld on the north bank, and Birnam on the south financial institution. The two were first linked by a bridge built in 1809 by Thomas Telford. The two locations lie close to the Highland Boundary Fault, which notes the geological border in between the Highlands and also the Lowlands, and are regularly described as the "Portal to the Highlands" due to their position on the main road as well as rail lines north. Dunkeld as well as Birnam share a train station, Dunkeld & Birnam, on the Highland Main Line, as well as have to do with 24 kilometres (15 mi) north of Perth on what is currently the A9 road. Dunkeld rests on the eastern side of the A9 on the north financial institution of the River Tay. The town is the location of Dunkeld Cathedral. Around 20 of your houses within Dunkeld have actually been brought back by the National Trust for Scotland, who run a store within the town. The Hermitage, on the western side of the A9, is a countryside building that is likewise a National Trust for Scotland site. Birnam lies contrary Dunkeld, on the south bank of the Tay, to which it is connected by the Telford bridge. It is the area of the Birnam Oak, thought to the only continuing to be tree from the Birnam Timber called in Shakespeare's Macbeth. The Highland games held at Birnam are the area of the World Haggis Eating Championships.
