Birnam, Perth and Kinross

Birnam is a town in Perthshire, Scotland. The town originated from the Victorian era with the coming of the railway in 1856, although the place and name is well known because William Shakespeare mentioned Birnam Wood in Macbeth. Prior to the construction of the railway, the only substantial building on the site of the present village was the church of Little Dunkeld parish, which still stands in its ancient position within a graveyard within the village.LocationBirnam lies on the bank of the River Tay, in Perthshire’s 'Big Tree Country' and is located 12 miles north of Perth on the A9 road, the main tourist route through Perthshire.Dunkeld, to whose monastery Kenneth MacAlpin, the first King of Scotland, moved the bones of St. Columba around the middle of the 9th century, and which is notable for its cathedral, lies on the opposite bank of the river.TransportationBirnam is approximately one hour from Glasgow and Edinburgh airports, and two hours from Inverness by car.There is access by rail at Dunkeld and Birnam railway station, on the London to Inverness route.

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