Dunkeld
Dunkeld as well as Birnam is a community council location and UK Census region in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, containing 2 towns on opposite banks of the River Tay: the historical cathedral "city" of Dunkeld on the north financial institution, and also Birnam on the south financial institution. The two were first connected by a bridge constructed in 1809 by Thomas Telford. Both places lie close to the Highland Boundary Fault, which marks the geological limit in between the Highlands and also the Lowlands, and are frequently referred to as the "Entrance to the Highlands" due to their position on the main road and rail lines north. Dunkeld and 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 lies on the eastern side of the A9 on the north bank of the River Tay. The community is the area of Dunkeld Cathedral. Around 20 of the houses 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 home that is also a National Trust for Scotland site. Birnam lies opposite Dunkeld, on the south financial institution of the Tay, to which it is linked by the Telford bridge. It is the location of the Birnam Oak, believed to the only staying 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.
