Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum Trust
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Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum. Located at 12 The cross Dunkeld, PH8 0AN, Open mon-friday 10-3 Visit our website at www.historicdunkeld.org.uk
An undated Valentine postcard showing Dunkeld from the Bridge.
Scottish Horse at the Black isle training camp pre 1914. There is no context for this photograph, just a name for the pony, Shamrock. 🍀
Undated postcard of the Dunkeld Bridge and River Tay published by J.B. White LTD. Dundee.
Photograph of Scottish Horse Soldiers sitting on a tank, undated but thought to be post-1945.
A "Hail Caledonia" postcard showing a before and after of the Cathedral Street renovations completed by The National Trust for Scotland and Perth County Council as part of the "Little Houses" renovation scheme. This work took place between 1954 and 1965.
This is Trooper Gilbert Fenion photographed around 1918. Gilbert joined the Scottish Horse regiment on the 28th of September 1914, he was 21 years old. Gilbert was a postman before joining the Scottish Horse.
A James Valentine Postcard of the Cross and fountain in Dunkeld, registered in 1885. The fountain is a memorial for the 6th Duke of Atholl, built in 1866.
Scottish Horse troops at camp in 1908 mounting Maxim guns onto their horses.
A photograph of Birnam from an unusual angle! This image was captured by George Washington Wilson and captioned "Torwood near Birnam". It was entered in his catalogue by 1877 and features local buildings such as St Mary's tower which was demolished in the 1960s.
The reverse was captioned "Peace at last". Two Scottish horse soldiers photographed in Egypt, April 1943.
Primary 1 of the Royal School of Dunked circa 1964. The current Royal School of Dunkeld building was opened in 1930.
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One of the Scottish Horse's tanks in the workshop for repair, photograph taken in the late 1940s (no exact date given). The tank appears to be either a Cromwell or a Comet but any identification help is always greatly appreciated.
A Harvey Barton postcard of the Cross, Dunkeld. The image is undated but looks to be from the 1950s (the number plates which can be seen all follow the pre 1963 format but any other dating evidence is greatly appreciated).
Private J Graham and his horse taking a dip to cool off whilst at a Scottish Horse Training Camp at the Black Isle in Blair Atholl around 1914.
Postcard of the Birnam oak, Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd. This postcard includes a snippet of information about the history of the iconic Birnam Oak, the last tree from Shakespeare's Birnam Wood.
Members of the 1/1st Scottish Horse Field Ambulance in Egypt, January 1916. (MENA is an abbreviation of Middle East and North Africa)
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Valentine's postcard showing The Birnam Hotel and the base of the Birnam Glen Road in the in the 1950s.
It's that time again, here is our Friday update. Have a read and find out what we've been up to this week... www.historicdunkeld.org.uk/2026/06/12/w...
⚽The 2026 Football World cup starts today!⚽ In honour of this momentous occasion we have a photograph of a Scottish Horse football team and their coaches photographed around the 1930s.
A James Valentine postcard showing Station Road, Birnam, around 1906. The Birnam Institute can be seen on the right of the image, now known as the Birnam Arts after the building of their extension which opened in 2001.
This week we have some photograph's from our collection belonging to Colonel William Brown (pictured here in uniform). Colonel Brown served with the 1/1st Scottish Horse Field Ambulance in Egypt, 1916 where these photographs were taken. These images range from "Archaeology" to chameleons snacking!
A Millar and Lang postcard showing Little Dunkeld, the Bridge and Tay Terrace. This postcard is undated but predates the building of the new A9 Bypass in the 1970s.
Sergeant Thompson Uppard was born in Hexham in 1891 and served with the 2/3rd Scottish Horse from the 23rd of March 1915 to the 29th of May 1919. He was promoted to Sergeant on the 29th of January 1916. The portrait has an added splash of colour including an interesting shade of peach for the lips..
A Stengel & co. postcard showing Brae Street, Dunkeld. There is no date for the photograph, but the postcard was sent on the 6th of April 1906.
A group of Scottish Horse Troops from Aberdeen at Camp in 1939 undergoing a kit inspection.
Photochrom Co Postcard of the Cross at Dunkeld. Undated but looks to be around the 1940s to 50s. If anyone has a better idea of a date please let us know! (The bus appears to be a number 17 if that helps anyone date the image)
Scottish Horse trooper and Horse in South Africa thought to have been taken in 1902.
Valentine's postcard of the Telford Bridge at Dunkeld as seen from the Cathedral Grounds. (Image appears to have been registered in the 1930s)