Dunkeld
Dunkeld and Birnam is a community council area as well as UK Census area in Perth as well as Kinross, Scotland, including 2 villages on opposite financial institutions of the River Tay: the historical cathedral "city" of Dunkeld on the north bank, and Birnam on the south financial institution. Both 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 limit between the Highlands and the Lowlands, as well as are often described as the "Entrance to the Highlands" due to their placement on the highway and also railway north. Dunkeld and also Birnam share a train 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 rests on the eastern side of the A9 on the north bank of the River Tay. The town is the area of Dunkeld Cathedral. Around 20 of your homes within Dunkeld have actually been restored 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 property that is likewise a National Trust for Scotland site. Birnam lies opposite Dunkeld, on the south bank of the Tay, to which it is linked by the Telford bridge. It is the place of the Birnam Oak, believed to the only continuing to be tree from the Birnam Wood called in Shakespeare's Macbeth. The Highland video games held at Birnam are the area of the World Haggis Eating Championships.