Tour Scotland Travel Video Spring Drive East On A822 Over The A9 To The Square In Dunkeld Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland Spring travel video of a road trip drive East on the A822 road and over the A9 on ancestry visit to the Square in Dunkeld, Highland, Perthshire, Scotland. You have to be very careful when crossing the A9 as it is a very busy, and fast road, at times. Entering Dunkeld we cross the bridge built by Thomas Telford in 1809. At the time, it was the only bridge across the Tay between Perth and Aberfeldy, a distance of 35 miles. It was constructed as part of his new route north to Inverness in the Highlands, replacing the earlier Military Road. This route was much later to become the A9. The old market cross in the square has been carefully preserved as have many of the houses, some of which date back to the 17th century. After the Battle of Killiecrankie, a fierce battle raged in these streets on 21 August 1689 between the Jacobites and government soldiers. Many of the buildings were burned or destroyed, and much of the Dunkeld was rebuilt in the 18th century.

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