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Dunkeld
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 Little Dunkeld (nearside of the river) and Dunkeld viewed from the south | |
  Dunkeld Location within Perth and Kinross | |
| Population | 1,330 (mid-2020 est.)[1] |
| OS grid reference | NO027425 |
| • Edinburgh | 45 mi (72 km) |
| • London | 376 mi (605 km) |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DUNKELD |
| Postcode district | PH8 |
| Dialling code | 01350 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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Dunkeld (/dʌŋˈkɛl/, Scots: Dunkell,[2] from Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Chailleann, "fort of the Caledonians"[3]) 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.[4] Dunkeld has a railway station, Dunkeld & Birnam, on the Highland Main Line, and is about 25 kilometres (15 miles) north of Perth on what is now the A9 road. The main road formerly ran through the town, however following modernisation of this road it now passes to the west of Dunkeld.[5]
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.[6] Around twenty of the houses within Dunkeld have been restored by the National Trust for Scotland.[7] The Hermitage, on the western side of the A9, is a countryside property that is also a National Trust for Scotland site.[5][8]
Over the centuries there have been several bridges linking Dunkeld with neighbouring Birnam,[9] and the current bridge, designed by Thomas Telford and financed by the 4th Duke of Atholl, was completed in 1809.[10]
- ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ "Scotslanguage.com - Names in Scots - Places in Scotland". www.scotslanguage.com. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ "Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba (AÀA) – Gaelic Place-names of Scotland". www.ainmean-aite.scot. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
qualitieswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Blairgowrie & Forest of Alyth", Ordnance Survey Landranger Map (B2 ed.), 2008, ISBN 978-0-319-23121-0
- ^ Robin Prentice, ed. (1976). The National Trust for Scotland Guide. Jonathan Cape. p. 271. ISBN 0224012398.
- ^ "Dunkeld". National Trust for Scotland. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
ossianwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Telford's Bridge at Dunkeld". Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "History of Dunkeld and Birnam". Dunkeld and Birnam Tourist Association. Retrieved 7 September 2016.