Dunkeld
Dunkeld as well as Birnam is a neighborhood council location and also UK Census region in Perth and also Kinross, Scotland, including 2 villages on contrary banks of the River Tay: the historical cathedral "city" of Dunkeld on the north bank, and also Birnam on the south bank. Both were first linked by a bridge constructed in 1809 by Thomas Telford. Both locations lie close to the Highland Boundary Fault, which notes the geological border between the Highlands and also the Lowlands, as well as are regularly referred to as the "Portal to the Highlands" because of their placement on the highway and also rail lines north. Dunkeld as well as Birnam share a train station, Dunkeld & Birnam, on the Highland Main Line, as well as are about 24 kilometres (15 mi) north of Perth on what is now the A9 road. Dunkeld pushes 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 homes within Dunkeld have actually been brought back by the National Trust for Scotland, who run a shop within the community. The Hermitage, on the western side of the A9, is a countryside residential property that is also a National Trust for Scotland site. Birnam exists opposite Dunkeld, on the south bank of the Tay, to which it is connected by the Telford bridge. It is the place of the Birnam Oak, thought to the only continuing to be tree from the Birnam Timber called in Shakespeare's Macbeth. The Highland video games held at Birnam are the area of the World Haggis Eating Championships.
