Dunkeld
Dunkeld and also Birnam is an area council location as well as UK Census locality in Perth as well as Kinross, Scotland, containing two villages on opposite financial institutions of the River Tay: the historical cathedral "city" of Dunkeld on the north financial institution, and also Birnam on the south bank. The two were first linked by a bridge built in 1809 by Thomas Telford. Both places lie close to the Highland Boundary Fault, which notes the geological limit in between the Highlands and also the Lowlands, as well as are frequently called the "Portal to the Highlands" because of their setting on the highway and also railway north. Dunkeld and Birnam share a railway 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 lies on the eastern side of the A9 on the north financial institution of the River Tay. The town is the area of Dunkeld Cathedral. Around 20 of your homes within Dunkeld have actually been recovered 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 residential property 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 place of the Birnam Oak, believed to the only remaining tree from the Birnam Timber called in Shakespeare's Macbeth. The Highland games held at Birnam are the place of the World Haggis Eating Championships.
