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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dunning Standing Stone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Perth and Kinross

Submitted by Nick on Tuesday, 05 November 2002  Page Views: 10481

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dunning Standing Stone Alternative Name: Dunning North
Country: Scotland County: Perth and Kinross Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Auchterarder  Nearest Village: Dunning
Map Ref: NO0185014690  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
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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 Standing Stone
Dunning Standing Stone 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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Dunning Standing Stone
Dunning Standing Stone 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. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dunning Standing Stone
Dunning Standing Stone 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. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dunning Standing Stone
Dunning Standing Stone 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. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dunning Standing Stone
Dunning Standing Stone submitted by hamish : If you cannot find it, it is behind the cemetary. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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

Dunning Standing Stone
Dunning Standing Stone submitted by hamish :

Dunning Standing Stone
Dunning Standing Stone 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 Standing Stone
Dunning Standing Stone submitted by cosmic : Dunning from South.

Dunning Standing Stone
Dunning Standing Stone submitted by cosmic : Dunning from North.

Dunning Standing Stone
Dunning Standing Stone 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...

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Re: Dunning Standing Stone by Anne T on Thursday, 19 March 2026
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This site page, just called 'Dunning' was picking up a number of sites with 'Dunning' in the title. I've renamed it 'Dunning Standing Stone' together with the photos. Hopefully all now resolved, but any issues, please post a comment here. I'll check next week to double check everything is OK. Thanks.
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Re: Dunning by Anne T on Thursday, 19 March 2026
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In 2013, The Urban Prehistorian, Dr Kenneth Brophy, tells us about a visit to this standing stone in his blog entry for "Strawberry field", when the standing stone was surrounded by polytunnels used for growing strawberries.

Dr Brophy tells us: "his single standing stone can be found in a field on the north edge of the village of Dunning near Perth. Almost nothing is known about this stone, which has National Monuments Record of Scotland number NO01SW 9. The only information that Ordnance Survey fieldworkers deemed fit to record when they visited the stone in November 1965 were the basic physical parameters, ‘1.9m high by 0.8m by 1.0m’. Yet this is spurious and meaningless information, metric facts that shed no light on when or why the standing stone was erected. The stone is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, so Historic Scotland thinks that this is a nationally important monument, although I would imagine they don’t really know why it should have this status other than following the habit of designating all megaliths in this way.
In the absence of archaeological engagement with this standing stone, a history has become attached to it, albeit it is unlikely to be true. In some quarters the megalith seems to be known as Doncha’s Stone, because it is said to mark either the literal burial place, or act as a monument to, Doncha, the Abbot of Dunkeld, who died in the area during the Battle of Duncrub in AD 964. This battle, which has a flavour of both myth and legend was apparently a power struggle between the Duff / Dub and Colin / Culen / Cuilen. Sadly Colin lost and the Abbot died. The battle or skirmish is said to have taken place on the Dorsum Crup (‘ridge of the crub’) which is taken to be Duncrub (on the edge of Dunning), although the field within which the stone stands is certainly not a ridge. There is a good deal of confusion about people and places here, and it seems the standing stone has become entangled in these myths. But at least it has a story, a name, to cling on to."

Interesting to see the changes in use of the land over time.

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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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