ethren in his cell at Dunning, gave up and commended his
spirit to the most High Creator on the first day of the Kalends of July.
After his death his disciples and the people of nearly the whole province
carried his body to Culenross (Culross), and there, with psalms and hymns
(ymnis) and chantings (canticis), honourably buried him, where flourish
his merits, and the virtues of his merits unto this day--to the glory and
honour of the Omnipotent God, who in the Perfect Trinity liveth and
reigneth through endless ages of ages.

Only the limits of space forbid allusion to additional features of
considerable importance near the Pictish Capital, and connected with the
parish of Dunning. Room, however, must be found for stating that, as is
to be expected, Dunning, like other places in Strathearn, is not without
interesting traces of the "Rising" of 1715. In the Session records,
under date 18th September, 1715, there is the following entry:--"There
was no sermon this day, and for several Sabbaths following, on account of
the commotions that were in the county by reason of Mar's unnatural
rebellion." When Mar quitted the field of Sheriffmuir, he, on the 12th
November, 1715, withdrew his army into Angus, and in order to hinder the
progress of the Royalist forces, he burned down all the villages on the
line of march as far as Perth. The villagers of Dunning, actuated by the
same feelings as led the citizens of London to erect the "Monument" after
the great fire of 1666, planted a thorn tree to commemorate the
destruction of their village. This ancient tree, standing in the square
opposite the east approach to the manse, is well protected, and is likely
to be spared to tell its memorable story to generations to come.

[1] _Hwonam et Nechtan et Phinguineghert_.--(See Skene's _Chronicles of
the Picts and Scots_, p. 185).

[2] _Decimam partem de urbe Fortevieth_.--(See Skene's _Chronicles of the
Picts and Scots_, p. 185).

[3] This word, originally, was the name applied by the Romans to their
public halls, either of justice or of exchange. Inasmuch as the early
Christian Churches generally followed the ground plan of these buildings,
such churches long retained the same appellation.

[4] Other chronicles give the place as Scone.--(See Skene's _Chronicles
of the Picts and Scots_, p. 174).

[5] Both palace and church would be within the King's Rath or circular
fortification.

[6] "The custom of placing a cross over the