Dunkeld
Dunkeld as well as Birnam is an area council location and UK Census region in Perth and also Kinross, Scotland, consisting of two towns on opposite banks of the River Tay: the historical cathedral "city" of Dunkeld on the north financial institution, as well as Birnam on the south financial institution. Both were first connected by a bridge built in 1809 by Thomas Telford. The two areas lie close to the Highland Boundary Fault, which notes the geological border in between the Highlands as well as the Lowlands, as well as are regularly described as the "Entrance to the Highlands" as a result of their position on the main road and also railway north. Dunkeld and also Birnam share a train station, Dunkeld & Birnam, on the Highland Main Line, and also are about 24 kilometres (15 mi) north of Perth on what is now 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 your homes within Dunkeld have been restored 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 property that is also a National Trust for Scotland site. Birnam exists opposite Dunkeld, on the south financial institution of the Tay, to which it is linked 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 area of the World Haggis Eating Championships.
