St Serf's Church, Dunning

Heritage listing

Date Added 30/11/1981 Last Date Amended 03/10/2017 Supplementary Information Updated 22/11/2017 Type Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard Local Authority Perth And Kinross Parish Dunning NGR NO 01908 14491 Coordinates 301908, 714491 — The monument comprises the buried remains of an early medieval ecclesiastical site located beneath the 12th century St Serf s Church and its graveyard. The monument is located in the Perthshire village of Dunning, around 2km south of the River Earn at about 55m above sea level. The site is situated on locally high ground in the centre of the village. Recent excavations have provided evidence for an earlier stone built structure directly below the 12th century church tower with even earlier human remains buried beneath the structure. Relative dating places the structures and buried human remains as pre-12th century, possibly from the early medieval period. The scheduled area is irregular on plan and includes the remains described above, as shown in red on the accompanying map. The scheduled area includes the graveyard and the ground beneath the church but specifically excludes all above-ground parts of the present church building, all active burial lairs and the above ground elements of all burial monuments, walls and fences. In addition, to allow for their maintenance, the scheduling excludes the top 20cm of existing paths. For clarity, the Kirk Gate House is not in the scheduled area.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.