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''See also [[Dunning (surname)]]''
''See also [[Dunning (process)]]''
[[Image:St Serf's Church, Dunning.jpg|thumb|225px|St Serf's Church.]]
'''Dunning''' is a small village in [[Perth and Kinross]] in [[Scotland]] with a population of about 1000. The village is built around the 12th-13th century former parish church of St. Serf, where the [[Dupplin Cross]] is displayed ([[Historic Scotland]]; open in summer without entrance charge). The building was used in the filming of the Scottish film ''[[Complicity (film)|Complicity]]''. It is in [[Strathearn]], the valley of the [[River Earn]], north of the [[Ochil Hills]]. It is just south of the [[A9 road|A9]], between [[Auchterarder]] and [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]].
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, ''ex'' Old Irish ''dúnán'' 'little fort'. [[Saint Serf]] (fl. [[6th century]]) is said to have killed a [[dragon]] here, and there is a thorn tree planted in [[Jacobitism|Jacobite]] times as well as a monument to Maggie Wall, burnt as a witch in 1657.
The Dunning Parish Historical Society web site ( http://www.dunning.uk.net ) includes St. Serf's Church graveyard survey and Dunning parish census records, both useful for genealogy research. The village (except the church) was burned during the [[1715]] [[Jacobite Rebellion]]. The oldest surviving house (recently restored) dates from the 1730s.
The village has more than one very active community groups - but the Dunning Community Trust aims to help shape and improve the village of Dunning and surroundings for future generations. One of the trusts main projects is the care of Kincladie Wood.<ref>1</ref>
<references/>http://www.dunning-community-trust.org.uk/
==External links==
* [http://www.dunning.uk.net/ Dunning Parish Historical Society] gather and disseminates local history and the site includes St. Serf's Church graveyard survey and Dunning parish census records, both useful for genealogy research
* [http://www.dunning-community-trust.org.uk/ Dunning Community Trust] was formed to benefit the community of Dunning and to manage community land, such as Kincladie Wood and associated assets for the benefit of the community
* [http://www.roman-britain.org/places/dunning.htm Roman camp at Dunning ] information on the Roman camps etc
==See also==
*[[List of places in Perth and Kinross]]
*[[List of places in Highland]]
*[[List of places in Aberdeenshire]]
*[[List of places in Angus]]
*[[List of places in Stirling district]]
*[[List of places in Argyll and Bute]]
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