Birnam Oak
The Birnam Oak is an example of Sessile oak at Birnam, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Sometimes known as Macbeth's oak, as it is a relic of Birnam Wood, mentioned in William Shakespeare's play, the tree is found in a strip of woodland on the south bank of the River Tay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Quercus petraea in Birnam, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “The Birnam Oak”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Birnam Arts and Dunkeld & Birnam railway station.
Birnam Arts
Community center
Photo: Grahamstephen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Birnam Arts is a multipurpose arts centre in Birnam, Perthshire, central Scotland. It is also known as the Birnam Arts and Conference Centre, and was originally named the Birnam Institute. It is a not for profit organisation owned by the community. Birnam Arts is situated 1,100 feet south of Birnam Oak.
Dunkeld & Birnam railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY 4.0.
Dunkeld & Birnam railway station serves the town of Dunkeld and village of Birnam in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is located on the Highland Main Line, 15 miles 31 chains north of Perth and is the first stop on the line north of there, before Pitlochry. Dunkeld & Birnam railway station is situated 1,800 feet south of Birnam Oak.
Hermitage Railway Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hermitage Railway Viaduct is a bridge, which is situated 1¼ miles west of Birnam Oak.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birnam and Dunkeld.
Birnam
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Birnam is a village in the Highland part of Perth and Kinross, 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.
Dunkeld
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dunkeld is a village in the Highland part of Perth and Kinross, Scotland, on the east bank of the River Tay The village of Birnam is on the opposite bank, connected by the Telford Bridge; the combined population in 2021 was 1350.
The Hermitage
Locality
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
The Hermitage 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 River Braan in Craigvinean Forest.
Birnam Oak
- Categories: remarkable tree and tourism
- Location: Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.56134° or 56° 33′ 41″ northLongitude
-3.57571° or 3° 34′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C8RHC6F+GPOpenStreetMap ID
node 3639903710OpenStreetMap feature
natural=treeOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q4916880
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In Other Languages
From Japanese to Vietnamese—“Birnam Oak” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “バーナム・オーク”
- Vietnamese: “Cây sồi Birnam”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Birnam Oak”. Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.