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Latitude: 56.3146 / 56°18'52"N
Longitude: -3.5882 / 3°35'17"W
OS Eastings: 301855
OS Northings: 714707
OS Grid: NO018147
Mapcode National: GBR 1S.63W1
Mapcode Global: WH5PJ.VKJ1
Entry Name: Dunning, standing stone 300m SE of Leadketty Holdings
Scheduled Date: 16 August 2001
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6884
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone
Location: Dunning
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Strathallan
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises a standing stone of prehistoric date.
The stone stands on level ground in an arable field at around 50m OD. It measures some 1.9m high by 0.8m by 1m.
Although tradition asserts that it marks the burial place of Doncha, Abbot of Dunkeld, killed in AD 964 at the Battle of Duncrub, the stone is more likely to have been erected in the later Neolithic or the Bronze Age.
Such stones sometimes remained in use as places of burial and ritual long after their period of erection. The area to be scheduled encompasses the standing stone and an area around it in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive.
It is circular with a diameter of 10m as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to our understanding of prehistoric funerary and ritual activity.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 01 SW 9.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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