Dunkeld
Dunkeld and Birnam is an area council location as well as UK Census region in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, consisting of two towns on contrary banks of the River Tay: the historical cathedral "city" of Dunkeld on the north financial institution, and also Birnam on the south financial institution. Both were first connected by a bridge constructed in 1809 by Thomas Telford. Both places lie close to the Highland Boundary Fault, which notes the geological boundary in between the Highlands and also the Lowlands, and also are frequently called the "Gateway to the Highlands" due to their setting on the main road and rail lines north. Dunkeld and Birnam share a railway station, Dunkeld & Birnam, on the Highland Main Line, as well as 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 community is the location of Dunkeld Cathedral. Around 20 of your houses within Dunkeld have been restored 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 exists contrary Dunkeld, on the south bank of the Tay, to which it is connected by the Telford bridge. It is the area of the Birnam Oak, believed to the only staying tree from the Birnam Timber named in Shakespeare's Macbeth. The Highland games held at Birnam are the location of the World Haggis Eating Championships.
