Dunkeld
Dunkeld as well as Birnam is a neighborhood council area and also UK Census area in Perth and also Kinross, Scotland, consisting of two towns on opposite financial institutions of the River Tay: the historic cathedral "city" of Dunkeld on the north bank, as well as Birnam on the south bank. Both were first linked by a bridge constructed in 1809 by Thomas Telford. The two places lie close to the Highland Boundary Fault, which marks the geological border between the Highlands and also the Lowlands, and also are often referred to as the "Gateway to the Highlands" because of their position on the highway and also rail lines north. Dunkeld as well as 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 bank of the River Tay. The town is the place of Dunkeld Cathedral. Around 20 of the houses within Dunkeld have been recovered by the National Trust for Scotland, who run a store 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 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 remaining tree from the Birnam Wood named in Shakespeare's Macbeth. The Highland video games held at Birnam are the area of the World Haggis Eating Championships.
