Dunkeld

Dunkeld

Dunkeld (spr. dannkéll[d]), Städtchen in Perthshire (Schottland), am Tay und am Fuß der Hochlande, mit der 1318–1477 erbauten Kathedrale (z. T. Ruine) und (1891) 613 Einw. Dabei liegt der aus Shakespeares »Macbeth« bekannte Birnamwald und ein Park des Herzogs von Athole.


http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905. 1905–1909.

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