Tour Dunning

Dunning is situated at the south east of Strathearn in Perthshire. St Serf's church in the centre of the village was rebuilt in the 19th century but the tower is early medieval (12th century) with two-light arched Anglo-Saxon windows like Muthill Church. Like so many Strathearn villages, Dunning was burnt after the Battle of Sheriffmuir by the retreating Jacobite army. However the village retains it's earlier pattern with later buildings (18-19thC) gathered around the church. A standing stone outside the village is said to mark the site of the Battle of Duncrub in 964AD. A local woman, Maggie Wall, was burnt as a witch in 1657 and a monument commemorates this sad event.

Dunning Parish Historical Society is based in the old Perthshire village of Dunning in Scotland. Dunning history includes an iron age fort, a Roman camp and a thorn tree planted in Jacobite times. Saint Serf slayed a dragon here, and Maggie Wall was burnt as a witch. Our site includes Saint Serf's church graveyard survey and Dunning parish census records, both useful for geneaology research.

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