Tour Scotland Photographs Parish Church Dunning Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of the Parish Church in Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland. The largest of the Stewartry churches. Of plain gothic style, the church’s foundation stone was laid in 1908 and building was completed in 1911.

Tour Scotland photograph of the Parish Church in Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of the Parish Church in Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Road To Dunning Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of part of the drive to Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland. A wonderful afternoon for a drive through the countryside near Dunning.

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Old Photographs Dunning Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland. 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, 2th 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, 18th and 19th century, 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.



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January 6th Photograph Dunning Scotland

January 6th winter photograph of Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland.


January 6th winter photograph of Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland.

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January 6th Photograph St Serf's Church Dunning Scotland

January 6th winter photograph of St Serf's Church, Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish church was rebuilt in the 19th century but the tower is early medieval, 12th century.


January 6th winter photograph of St Serf's Church, Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland.


January 6th winter photograph of St Serf's Church, Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland.


January 6th winter photograph of St Serf's Church, Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Thimble Row Dunning Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of an old building on Thimble Row in Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland. Dunning is steeped in history from the earliest days. There was an Iron Age fort on Dun Knock (no visible remains) and a 1st century Roman camp at Kincladie, part of the rampart and ditch survive in Kincladie Wood. The former is the probable origin of the name Dunning, Old Irish dúnán. meaning, little fort. Legend tells that Saint Serf killed a dragon here, and there is a thorn tree planted in Jacobite times.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Straw House Dunning Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of Straw House, Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland. This is the oldest house in Dunning and is known as the Straw House. The story is that when Dunning was burned by retreating Jacobites in 1715 this was the only house left. The wife burned damp straw inside, creating enough smoke to make the soldiers think it was already on fire.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Bricked Up Window Dunning Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of a bricked up window in Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland. The window tax was a glass tax which was a significant social, cultural, and architectural force in Scotland during the 17th and 18th centuries. Some houses from the period can be seen to have bricked-up window-spaces, ready to be glazed at a later date, as a result of the tax.



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July Photographs Stained Glass Windows Dunning Scotland

July photograph of a stained glass window in St Serf's Church, Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland.


July photograph of a stained glass window in St Serf's Church, Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland.


July photograph of a stained glass window in St Serf's Church, Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland Photograph 1657 Witch Monument

Tour Scotland photograph of the Maggie Wall, 1657, Witch Monument, just outside Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Video Justice and Humility.Stained Glass Window Dunning

Tour Scotland travel video of the Justice and Humility stained glass window inside St Serf's Church, on ancestry, genealogy, family history and trip to Dunning, Perthshire. 1910 stained glass window by James Ballantyne of Edinburgh. James, born 11 June 1806, died 18 December 1877, was an artist and author. His father was a brewer who died when James was only 10. He received little education and what he did know came from his mother or being self taught. In his early teens he was apprenticed to a house painter in Edinburgh. Aged 20 he went to Edinburgh University. After graduating he turned his attention to the art of painting on glass. He quickly achieved high eminence in his field and got the contract for painting the windows of the House of Lords through a public competition. His 1845 book A treatise of Stained Glass became a standard work. He start poetry at young age and became an established writer. He wrote poetry books and also a collection of his songs. He died from a " congestion of the lungs " in Warrender Lodge, Meadows, Edinburgh on December 18th, 1877. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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June Photograph St Serf's Church Dunning Scotland

June photograph of St Serf's Church, Dunning, Scotland. St Serf's Church was built in about 1200, probably by Gilbert, Earl of Strathearn, and its income was awarded by him to the Augustinian Priory at Inchaffray.

Tour Scotland Photograph Old Gravestone Dunning Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of an interesting old gravestone in the churchyard cemetery in Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland. Dunning is in Strathearn, the valley of the River Earn, north of the Ochil Hills. It is just south of the A9, between Auchterarder and Perth.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Mudie Gravestone Dunning Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of a Mudie Family gravestone in the churchyard cemetery in Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland. Here lyes the dust of ANDREW MUDIE aged 83 years. Also JAMES MUDIE his son who died Nov. 1753 and of JOHN MUDIE his son who died 1805 and of CHRISTIAN ROBERTSON of Toughie, Kinross-shire, wife of JOHN MUDIE who died 31.

The modern surname can be found as Moody, Moodey, Moodie and Mudie, the latter two forms being found particularly in Scotland. One Symon Moody was an early emigrant to the New World colonies, leaving London on the "Globe" in August 1635, bound for Virginia.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Fountain Dunning Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of the old fountain in Tron Square in Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland. The fountain bears the date 1874. It was erected as a gift to his native village by Alexander Martin Esquire of St. John's, New Brunswick, Canada.



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May Photograph of St Serf's Churchyard Scotland

May 1st photograph of St Serf's Churchyard, Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland Photograph of William Lawson Gravestone Dunning Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of the William Lawson Gravestone in St Serf's Churchyard cemetery in Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland. He was a Scottish Wright and would have carried out a broad range of work, including carpentry.

The majority of Lawson families came from England, Scotland, Ireland and Sweden. In England most Lawson individuals live in the northeast counties of Yorkshire, Durham Northumberland and Lancashire. In the United States the Lawson families primarily live in California, Texas, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Illinois, Ohio, Missouri, Pennsylvania, New York and Massachusetts.



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Tour Scotland Video Witch Memorial Dunning

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Tour Scotland Photograph of Kingship Dupplin Cross

Tour Scotland photograph of Kingship on the Dupplin Cross, Perthshire, Scotland. Images depicting military and religious ideas of kingship on this early medieval cross.



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Tour Scotland Video Dupplin Cross Dunning Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of Dupplin Cross, Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland. The Dupplin Cross is a carved, monumental Pictish stone, which dates from around 800A.D. It was first recorded by Thomas Pennant in 1769, on a hillside in Strathearn, near Forteviot and Dunning. The Dupplin Cross is a high cross, that is a free standing, stone cross. While relatively common in Ireland, Northumbria and in Dál Riata, such crosses are not known earlier in the lands of the Picts. Early records report that a second cross stood on a hill above Invermay, also overlooking Forteviot, but this is now lost, and the records do not provide any detail of its exact form. The cross is carved from Old Red Sandstone, the cross stands about 2.5 metres tall, 1 metre broad over the arms of the cross. It is carved with various scenes, religious, martial and traditional Pictish animal carvings. The cross contains a partially legible inscription, of which only the name CUSTANTIN FILIUS FIRCUS can be read. This name is taken as the Latin form of the early 9th century Pictish king Caustantín son of Fergus, 793 to 820.

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