Dunkeld and also Birnam is a neighborhood council location and UK Census region in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, consisting of two towns on contrary financial institutions of the River Tay: the historical cathedral "city" of Dunkeld on the north bank, and also Birnam on the south bank. The two were first linked by a bridge constructed in 1809 by Thomas Telford. Both locations lie close to the Highland Boundary Fault, which marks the geological limit between the Highlands and the Lowlands, and are often called the "Gateway to the Highlands" as a result of their setting on the highway and rail lines north. Dunkeld as well as Birnam share a train station, Dunkeld & Birnam, on the Highland Main Line, and also 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 also a National Trust for Scotland site. Birnam lies contrary Dunkeld, on the south bank of the Tay, to which it is linked by the Telford bridge. It is the place of the Birnam Oak, thought to the only remaining tree from the Birnam Wood called in Shakespeare's Macbeth. The Highland games held at Birnam are the place of the World Haggis Eating Championships.