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Birnam
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Overview
'I will not be afraid of death and bane
Till Birnam Forest come to Dunsinane' Well, Macbeth knows the game's up when a messenger tells him: 'I look'd toward Birnam, and anon me thought/The Wood began to move'.
You can re-enact Shakespearean scenes on Dunsinane Hill, to the south-east of the village of Birnam.
Birnam is linked to its twin village, Dunkeld, by a seven-arched bridge by Thomas Telford. The village is surrounded by lovely Perthshire countryside, especially The Hermitage, a wooded gorge. The area inspired Beatrix Potter, who spent her childhood holidays here. She is celebrated in the Birnam Institute and the Beatrix Potter Garden.
Birnam is linked to its twin village, Dunkeld, by a seven-arched bridge by Thomas Telford. The village is surrounded by lovely Perthshire countryside, especially The Hermitage, a wooded gorge. The area inspired Beatrix Potter, who spent her childhood holidays here. She is celebrated in the Birnam Institute and the Beatrix Potter Garden.
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