Dunning

NN 018 146 A programme of archaeological evaluation works was undertaken in July 2006 on the site of a proposed extension to the School at Dunning. Eight trenches were excavated. Trenches 1-3 recorded a linear ditch 2.7m wide and 1m deep cutting the natural drift geology 1m below the ground level. No datable finds were recovered from the fills of this ditch. A stone wall depicted on the 1901 Ordnance Survey was also recorded within these three trenches. No features or artefacts of archaeological significance were recorded in trenches 4-8. It is not known what the ditch feature represented although given the town's early origins it is possible that it could represent an early boundary ditch.

Archive to be deposited in NMRS.

Sponsor: Perth and Kinross Council.

D Wilson 2006

NN 0182 1455 A programme of archaeological works was required in advance of a proposed extension to the existing Dunning Primary School building. In total an area 30m E to W by 9–13m N to S was stripped by machine excavation between 2–11 July 2007. A ditch feature was encountered, aligned E/W and measuring 30m in length by up to 3.20m in width and 1.20m in depth. 75% of the feature was excavated, producing a flint arrowhead and blade. A second, contemporary ditch was identified aligned N to S, running into the feature. No other significant archaeological features or artefacts were encountered.

Archive to be deposited with RCAHMS.

Funder: Perth and Kinross Council.

A programme of archaeological works was required by Perth and Kinross Council in advance of a proposed extension to the existing school building, by AOC Archaeology Group at Dunning Primary School, Dunning, Perthshire. In total an area 30 m east to west by between 9-13 m north to south was stripped by machine excavation. The ditch feature was aligned east to west and measured 30 m in length by up to 3.20 m in width and 1.20 m in depth. Seventy-five percent of the feature was excavated, producing a flint arrowhead and blade. A second, contemporary ditch was identified aligned north to south, running in to the feature. No other significant archaeological features or artefacts were encountered. OASIS: aocarcha1-28634

Watching briefs were kept between 17 June–28 July during the refurbishment of parts of the Forteviot-Dunning-Aberuthven 11kV overhead and underground power line.

J Lewis 2009

NO 01774 14570 – NO 01664 14457 A watching brief was carried out during trenching for an underground cable on the S side of playing fields to the W of Dunning, close to the site of a putative early Christian ditch (DES 2007, 154). Glacial deposits were uncovered along most of the 160m long trench, although there were two stretches where it was not reached at a depth of 0.7m. While either of these sections might indicate the location of a ditch, they may simply represent undulations in the subsoil.

J Lewis 2009