6.5K views · 1.7K reactions | Sitting quietly on the banks of the River Tay, Dunkeld Cathedral is one of Scotland’s most peaceful treasures. Part ruin, part working church - it’s a place where centuries of history meet the stillness of the Highlands. Step inside and you’ll feel it… calm, timeless, and unmistakably Scottish. #Dunkeld #Scotland #TartanViking #HiddenScotland | Tartan Viking | Facebook

Dunkeld Cathedral. Dunkeld, Perthshire. Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Dunkeld in Gaelic means ‘fort of the Caledonians’ and there’s been an important settlement here for over two thousand years. Recent excavations of a nearby Hill Fort above the town show that between 400AD and 900AD it was almost certainly a royal site of great importance with fragments of imported glass and pottery from Europe and on-site metal working. The first church was built at Dunkeld in the 6th or 7th century as pagan Scotlan