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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dunning Alternative Name: Dunning NorthCountry: 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:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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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!
hamish have visited here
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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