Dunning


Site type: standing stone

Parish: Dunning

County: Perthshire

Grid reference: NO 0185 1469

Lat / long: 56.3137024, -3.587644361

Alternative names: Battle Of Duncrub; Burial Place Of Doncha, Abbot Of Dunkeld; Leadketty Holdings

The historic map is an Ordnance Survey map from 1919 to 1947, and is provided by the National Library of Scotland

This standing stone is 1.90m high by 1.00m wide and 0.80m thick. It is associated with a legend that it was the burial place of Doncha, Abbot of Dunkeld, who was killed in AD. 964 at the Battle of Duncrub.

References (books)

  • The Queen's Scotland - Heartland of Scotland
  • Nigel Tranter
  • London, 1971

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    created Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 4:19 pm, last updated Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 at 11:11 pm