Dunkeld
Dunkeld and also Birnam is an area council location and UK Census locality in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, containing 2 villages on contrary banks of the River Tay: the historical cathedral "city" of Dunkeld on the north financial institution, and Birnam on the south bank. The two were first linked by a bridge constructed in 1809 by Thomas Telford. Both areas lie close to the Highland Boundary Fault, which marks the geological border between the Highlands and the Lowlands, and are often referred to as the "Entrance to the Highlands" due to their position on the main road as well as railway north. Dunkeld and 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 lies on 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 the houses within Dunkeld have 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 residential property that is also a National Trust for Scotland site. Birnam exists opposite Dunkeld, on the south bank of the Tay, to which it is connected by the Telford bridge. It is the location of the Birnam Oak, thought to the only continuing to be tree from the Birnam Wood named in Shakespeare's Macbeth. The Highland video games held at Birnam are the location of the World Haggis Eating Championships.
