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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dunning Alternative Name: Dunning North
Country: Scotland County: Perth and Kinross Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Auchterarder  Nearest Village: Dunning
Map Ref: NO01851469  Landranger Map Number: 58
Latitude: 56.314414N  Longitude: 3.588259W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 2 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 5

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Anne T saw from a distance on 14th Jul 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Dunning North Standing Stone: From St Serf’s church, we walked along Kirk Wynd, down alongside the stream, down past some cottages, to where the footpath split. The standing stone was right in front of us, albeit in the middle of a ripening crop of wheat. It seemed very far away, and I was very, very reluctant to trample any of the crop, so we stuck to the footpath. With the camera lens on maximum zoom I tried to capture the different faces of the stone, but as the footpath ran roughly west-east, we couldn’t really get close. The guide in the church told us there were two standing stones nearby; most people visited the northern (this) stone, but apparently not many people went to the southern stone. If the field hadn’t been set with a crop, I’d have been tempted to look for the gate, or an alternate route to get closer. Our next stop was to the very peculiar "Maggie Wall Monument", 1km west of Dunning on the B8062. This is a 20ft tall monument topped by a cross to a witch called Maggie Wall who was apparently burnt in 1657. The stories I've all tracked down say Maggie Wall didn't exist. This monument definitely made me shiver!

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Dunning
Dunning submitted by Nick : The stone looking north (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone in Perthshire

In the Perthshire village of Dunning, where the Dupplin Cross is housed in the local kirk, this stone stands just down the lane from the church a short distance into a field. There was a very limited area round about it, and several signs of damage in the form of scrapes and traces of orange paint show that the farmer here does not care for this megalith the way we would hope for. No distinguishable features apart from the damage. This is the stone looking east.

For more information, see Canmore ID 26715, which says this stone was identified in the OS Name Book of 1859, stands 7ft high, and is "the reputed burial place on Doncha, Abbot of Dunkeld, killed in AD 964 at the Battle of Duncrub". It lies 300m SE of Leadketty Holdings. The later entry in the Canmore record tells us the stone is 1.9m high by 1.0m x 0.8m wide.
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Gray Stone (Dunning)
Gray Stone (Dunning) submitted by Anne T : Getting closer to the stone, approaching it from the gate into the field (south), we started to see the 'shoulder' on its northern side. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gray Stone (Dunning)
Gray Stone (Dunning) submitted by Anne T : The Gray Stone, looking SSW across it's narrowest, but tallest point. Canmore tells us the stone measures 2.1m high, with a triangular base 1.2 x 1.2 x 0.5m, the short side facing due north (Canmore 26681). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gray Stone (Dunning)
Gray Stone (Dunning) submitted by Anne T : The Gray Stone comes into view as we let ourselves in through the gate. Approaching from the south. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gray Stone (Dunning)
Gray Stone (Dunning) submitted by Anne T : Getting closer to the Gray Stone, it has some great views to the north and north west; the north looks back towards Dunning and beyond. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gray Stone (Dunning)
Gray Stone (Dunning) submitted by Anne T : A closer look at the 'shoulder' on this standing stone's northern side. Whether this was cut deliberately like this (similar to the Megget Stone), or it has cracked and a piece fallen/been quarried off, I was unable to tell. Canmore gives no clues (no, the telegraph pole isn't growing out of the stone, this is my silly photo!)

Gray Stone (Dunning)
Gray Stone (Dunning) submitted by Anne T : The Gray Stone, looking north, over its shorter side, back towards the gate into the field (which is where the telegraph pole in the distance stands).

Gray Stone (Dunning)
Gray Stone (Dunning) submitted by Anne T : Standing to the south east of the Gray Stone, looking south east towards the forest. The stone has several fracture lines across it, with one or two loose stones where the cracks join.

Gray Stone (Dunning)
Gray Stone (Dunning) submitted by Anne T : The Gray Stone, looking north east, it's triangular point to the left.

Dunning
Dunning submitted by Anne T : With the camera lens on maximum zoom, I steadied the camera on a fence post to try and get a good photo of the stone. Shame about the crop. This stone looks very tactile, if a bit bashed on its southern side.

Dunning
Dunning submitted by Anne T : Standing about as far west on the footpath as I could (not far!), looking north across the stone with the camera lens on maximum zoom. The recently constructed long barn in the distance must be Leadketty Holdings which Canmore refers to.

Dunning
Dunning submitted by Anne T : This was our first view of the Dunning North standing stone, some distance away from us in a field of ripening wheat, whispering gently in the afternoon breeze. Not wanting to trample the crop, and the footpaths at the edges of the field ran roughly west-east, we couldn't really get any nearer.

Dun Knock (Dunning)
Dun Knock (Dunning) submitted by dodomad : Students from the school at Dunning help with the excavation Image credit: SERF Project

Dunning
Dunning submitted by hamish : If you cannot find it, it is behind the cemetary.

Dunning
Dunning submitted by hamish : It is in a field of potatoes.

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Dunning submitted by hamish :

Dunning
Dunning submitted by hamish : Was here recently and visited because I have always missed this site. I knew there was a stone somewhere but never found it 'till now. A nice girl took me to it. It is a standard Standing Stone with no ritual markings but it has survived regardless of the farmer.

Dunning
Dunning submitted by cosmic : Dunning from West.

Dunning
Dunning submitted by cosmic : Dunning from South.

Dunning
Dunning submitted by cosmic : Dunning from North.

Dunning
Dunning submitted by cosmic : Dunning from East.

Dunning
Dunning submitted by Nick : In the Perthshire village of Dunning, where the Dupplin Cross is housed in the local kirk, this stone stands just down the lane from the church a short distance into a field. There was a very limited area round about it, and several signs of damage in the form of scrapes and traces of orange paint show that the farmer here does not care for this megalith the way we would hope for. No distinguish...

Nick at Dunning
Nick at Dunning submitted by Nick : Stones Mailing List members. Fighting with the digital camera (it won...)

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Dunning by cosmic on Thursday, 17 May 2007
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This standing stone apparently marks where Doucha, the Abbot of Dunkeld, was slain during the battle of Duncrub in AD965. Accordinbg to RCAHMS it is seven feet tall but seemed more like only six to me.
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