Dunkeld
Sign in to saveDunkeld (, , from , "fort of the Caledonians") is a town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The location of a historic cathedral, it lies on the north bank of the River Tay, opposite Birnam. Dunkeld lies close to the geological Highland Boundary Fault, and is frequently described as the "Gateway to the Highlands" due to its position on the main road and rail lines north. Dunkeld has a railway station, Dunkeld & Birnam, on the Highland Main Line, and is about north of Perth on what is now the A9 road. The main road formerly ran through the town, however following the modernisation of this road it
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Dùn Chailleann
- UK place.scots_name
- Dunkell
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NO027425
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Perth and Kinross
- UK place.community_scotland
- Dunkeld and Birnam
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Perth and Kinross
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Angus and Perthshire Glens
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Perthshire North
- UK place.post_town
- DUNKELD
- UK place.postcode_district
- PH8
- UK place.postcode_area
- PH
- UK place.dial_code
- 01350
- UK place.static_image_name
- File:Dunkeld - geograph.org.uk - 1721269.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Little Dunkeld (nearside of the river) and Dunkeld viewed from the south
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 376
- UK place.edinburgh_distance_mi
- 45
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13 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- Middle Ages
- Battle of Dunkeld (1689)
- Later history
- Governance
- Townscape
- Surrounding countryside
- Tourism and culture
- Transport
- See also
- References
- External links
Dunkeld (, , from , "fort of the Caledonians") is a town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The location of a historic cathedral, it lies on the north bank of the River Tay, opposite Birnam. Dunkeld lies close to the geological Highland Boundary Fault, and is frequently described as the "Gateway to the Highlands" due to its position on the main road and rail lines north. Dunkeld has a railway station, Dunkeld & Birnam, on the Highland Main Line, and is about north of Perth on what is now the A9 road. The main road formerly ran through the town, however following the modernisation of this road it now passes to the west of Dunkeld.
Dunkeld is the location of Dunkeld Cathedral, and is considered to be a remarkably well-preserved example of a Scottish burgh of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Around twenty of the houses within Dunkeld have been restored by the National Trust for Scotland. The Hermitage, on the western side of the A9, is a countryside property that is also a National Trust for Scotland site.