Name Dunstan

Scottish place name semantics - "stony hill; dark stone".

St. Dunstan was the son of a West Saxon noble, named Heorstan, and his wife, Cunethrith. He was born in AD 909 at Baltonborough, Somerset and received his early education from the Irish monks who had settled at Glastonbury. After living for a time at the Court of king Aethelstan, he became a monk at Glastonbury and devoted himself to the study of the Scriptures and to prayer. At the same time, he became skilled in the arts of painting and music and metalworking, particularly the making church bells and organs.