Dunkeld and also Birnam is a community council area and also UK Census region in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, containing two towns on opposite banks of the River Tay: the historical cathedral "city" of Dunkeld on the north bank, and also Birnam on the south financial institution. Both were first linked by a bridge constructed in 1809 by Thomas Telford. The two areas lie close to the Highland Boundary Fault, which marks the geological border between the Highlands and also the Lowlands, and also are regularly referred to as the "Portal to the Highlands" due to their placement on the highway and also rail lines north. Dunkeld and Birnam share a train station, Dunkeld & Birnam, on the Highland Main Line, and have to do with 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 bank of the River Tay. The town is the location of Dunkeld Cathedral. Around 20 of your houses within Dunkeld have actually been restored 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 building that is additionally a National Trust for Scotland site. Birnam lies opposite Dunkeld, on the south bank of the Tay, to which it is linked by the Telford bridge. It is the location of the Birnam Oak, thought to the only staying tree from the Birnam Timber named in Shakespeare's Macbeth. The Highland video games held at Birnam are the area of the World Haggis Eating Championships.