Dunkeld

Dunkeld is a village in the Highland part of , Scotland, on the east bank of the River Tay The village of is on the opposite bank, connected by the Telford Bridge; the combined population in 2021 was 1350.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Dunkeld & Birnam railway station and Birnam Oak.

Railway station
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Dunkeld & Birnam railway station serves the town of Dunkeld and village of in , Scotland. It is located on the Highland Main Line, 15 miles 31 chains north of and is the first stop on the line north of there, before .

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The is an example of Sessile oak at , Scotland. Sometimes known as Macbeth's Oak, as it is a relic of Birnam Wood, mentioned in William Shakespeare's play Macbeth, the tree is found in a strip of woodland on the south bank of the .

Lake
Photo: Rob Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a loch near Dunkeld in , . The loch and the surrounding area are designated as a wildlife reserve, run by the Scottish Wildlife Trust.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Birnam and The Hermitage.

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is a village in the Highland part of , which grew up in the 19th century as a resort town when the railway reached it. It's on the west bank of the River Tay, which here makes an S-bend, so it becomes the south bank.

Locality
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is a National Trust for Scotland-protected site in Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross. Located just to the west of the A9, it sits on the banks of the in Craigvinean Forest.

Hamlet
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is a settlement in , Scotland. It is situated on the western side of the on the B898 road, 5 miles north of Dunkeld. is situated 3½ miles northwest of Dunkeld.

Dunkeld

Latitude
56.5656° or 56° 33′ 56″ north
Longitude
-3.5863° or 3° 35′ 11″ west
Population
1,340
Elevation
194 feet (59 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB XDK
Open location code
9C8RHC87+6F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26880090
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2650716
Wiki­data ID
Q1265921
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Dunkeld” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Dunkeld”
  • Belarusian: “Данкельд”
  • Breton: “Dùn Chailleann”
  • Bulgarian: “Данкелд”
  • Bulgarian: “Дънкелд”
  • Catalan: “Dunkeld”
  • Cebuano: “Dunkeld”
  • Chinese: “敦克尔德”
  • Chinese: “邓凯尔德”
  • Chinese: “鄧凱爾德”
  • Czech: “Dunkeld”
  • Dutch: “Dunkeld”
  • French: “Dunkeld”
  • German: “Dunkeld”
  • Greek: “Ντάνκελντ”
  • Irish: “Dún Chailleann”
  • Irish: “Dùn Chailleann”
  • Italian: “Dunkeld”
  • Japanese: “ダンケルド・アンド・バーナム”
  • Japanese: “ダンケルド”
  • Korean: “던켈드”
  • Macedonian: “Данкелд”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dunkeld”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dunkeld”
  • Norwegian: “Dunkeld”
  • Polish: “Dunkeld”
  • Russian: “Данкелд”
  • Russian: “Данкельд”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Dun Chailleann”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Dùn Chailleann”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Dunkeld”
  • Spanish: “Dunkeld”
  • Swedish: “Dunkeld”
  • Welsh: “Dunkeld”

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