Dunkeld
Dunkeld and Birnam is a neighborhood council location as well as UK Census area in Perth and also Kinross, Scotland, including 2 towns on contrary banks of the River Tay: the historic cathedral "city" of Dunkeld on the north bank, as well as Birnam on the south bank. The two were first linked by a bridge built in 1809 by Thomas Telford. The two locations lie close to the Highland Boundary Fault, which notes the geological boundary in between the Highlands and the Lowlands, and also are frequently described as the "Portal to the Highlands" because of their setting on the main road and rail lines north. Dunkeld and also Birnam share a railway station, Dunkeld & Birnam, on the Highland Main Line, as well as are about 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 place of Dunkeld Cathedral. Around 20 of the houses within Dunkeld have actually been brought back by the National Trust for Scotland, that run a shop within the community. The Hermitage, on the western side of the A9, is a countryside residential or commercial property that is likewise a National Trust for Scotland site. Birnam exists opposite Dunkeld, on the south financial institution of the Tay, to which it is connected by the Telford bridge. It is the place 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 place of the World Haggis Eating Championships.