Local Fact of the Day: the cathedral that took 250 years to build ⛪

Dunkeld Cathedral grew from one of Scotland’s oldest religious centres—but the stone building we see today was centuries in the making. ⛪ In 849, Kenneth MacAlpin brought relics of St Columba to a specially built church at Dunkeld after Viking raids made Iona unsafe. The present cathedral came much later: Historic Environment Scotland says its construction stretched for about 250 years, from the mid-1200s to the late 1400s. Its roofed medieval choir still serves as a parish church, while the nave stands as a dramatic ruin beside the River Tay. Have you visited? Vote Yes or No below. 💙 Source: Historic Environment Scotland — Dunkeld Cathedral: History and stories https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit/all/dunkeld-cathedral/history-and-stories/ Photograph: Alison Stamp · CC BY-SA 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dunkeld_Cathedral.jpg https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ Original photograph shown without edits.