Spring Sunday Drive To Dunkeld Highland Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland Spring Sunday travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes and drums music, on mostly single track roads to visit Dunkeld in Highland, Perthshire. The town very quiet today due to the Coronavirus Pandemic lockdown. The name Dunkeld comes from from Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Chailleann, meaning " fort of the Caledonians". Its recorded history dates back to the foundation here of a settlement by Culdee Monks in about 730AD. This was rebuilt by Kenneth MacAlpin in 848 and two years later Dunkeld became the religious centre of Scotland when St Columba's relics were moved here from Iona for safe keeping from increasing Viking raids. Most of the original town was destroyed during the Battle of Dunkeld when, in August 1689, the 26th Foot Cameronian Regiment successfully fought the Jacobites shortly after the latter's victory at the Battle of Killiecrankie. Holes made by musket ball strikes during the battle can still be seen in some buildings.

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