Dunkeld Cathedral stands on the north bank of the River Tay in Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross, on the site of the former Culdee Monastery. The monastery was founded after an expedition of Saint Columba to Alba, and Causantín mac Fergusa built a more substantial cathedral of reddish sandstone in the ninth century. Stones from it appear as a reddish streak in the eastern gable.
The present cathedral was begun in 1260 and completed in 1501. Because the work took so long, Gothic and Norman elements intermingle in its grey sandstone. The tomb of Alexander Stewart, the Wolf of Badenoch, with his armored effigy, lies inside.
In 1689 Jacobite Highland clans fought a government force around the cathedral in the Battle of Dunkeld. It is partly in ruins and serves as the town's Church of Scotland parish church. It is a scheduled monument.
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