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IV. NOTE CHURCHYARDD S OL FRO E MTH F LOGIESO , LECROPT, DUN- BLANE, AND MOY, WITH A NOTE ON AN IMPRESSION OF HUMAN STONEN I FEE THOMAT Y B TCU . S WALLACE, F.S.A. SOOT. While spending a few weeks at in the spring of 1911, I visited the old churchyards of Logie and Lecropt. I made some drawing e oldeth f submiro w s stonesno d te Societythean th , o mt , with a few notes on the two places. Logi a smal s i e l paris n Stirlingshirehi f abouo , x milesi t s square. Th churcd e ol remainchurchyard e han th f o se situatee ar dth t a d e Ochils th a beautifulfoo f o n i t, , sequestered spot just outside Airthrey grounds,. Both the ruins of the old church and the churchyard are beautifully kept and carefully attended to. The church bear date th s etim e stona 1598 on ed t ea an , thas wa t in the walls of the old manse, dated 1698, is also inserted in the wall e ruinso th sundiaf A . l dated 168 wallchurche e alsth th s 4 i f n so o . When examinin e gravestonesth g strucs wa kI , wit e numbeth h r dated in the seventeenth century, and with the unusual number d variet an e stones th f symbol o e yletterin n s th welo a , s t a l cu sg and figuring. Nosmala (figs 1 .i ) l .1 uprigh t slab dated 169panea n 1o l wite hth initialI R . . H UnderneatsI h thi coultero s panetw e sar l with three initials, I K. A H. R H. This is a rough unhewn and unshaped stone. No. 2 is dated 1694, and has had some of the mason's skill bestowed upo e shapin e stone centrth nth s Th d dressinf ha eo e gan . it f go been cut away, leaving a neatly designed border. Underneath the date is a raised panel with the initials I M. M D. and the head of a cross formed by four small squares supported on a slender shaft. No. 3 (fig. 2) is a recumbent stone bearing the date 1717, the figures of whic differene har t from mos othere thosf o th t n e o stones. Under- OLD CHURCHYARDS OF LOGIE, LECROPT, ETC. 437

neath the date are the initials I B. M C. These letters differ from most of the others. This is followed by the legend " MEMENTO MORI," skull, cross-bones, and sand-glass. Then follow a crown and knife, supported on the right and left by two ornamental scrolls; an

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Fig . Headston1 . Login ei e Churchyard. Fig . Recumben2 . t Sla Login bi e Churchyard. open book with a quotation from Scripture, a bow and arrow and a enclosw wingo heartbo a a Tw pice s r implemen n .i o tiek s da f o t som ea broom rosetto kind Tw an d .e ornament t eaca s h corner complete the list of the emblems on this stone. smala No.is 4 l dressed, upright stone dated 1751, containing initials I V. . , G wit I h skull, cross-bones unstrund an , g bow. 438 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, MAY 13, 1912.

No. 5 (fig. 3) is a panel-stone having the date 1747 above the figure of a cherub at the top. Here also we find the coulter and sock, skull, cross-bones, sand-glass d arroan wd benw an pointin,bo te th o t g heart. No. 6 (fig. 4) bears the date 1738, and records not only the burial- e purchasth e grount th bu f , eo n di N. M . T M d an . E M . T plac I f eo

Fig . Headston3 . Login ei e Churchyard. Fig . Headston4 . Login ei e Churchyard. 1498 by Malcolm Toward, Reader in the Church of Logie. There are no symbols other e t mosfron th initialo e bu f ms th o ts; a , s evidently e familth f f Towaro o y o e eithetw ar d r buried her r wero e e wit- nessedeee th purchasef do o st . Lecropt.—This burial-ground lies within the grounds of Keir, near Bridg Allanf eo . Thchurcd eol s saihi dato dt e bac preseno 1300e kt Th . t church and churchyard are outside the grounds. Notwithstanding the glowing account f thiplacd o s ol s e e locagiveth ln ne i guides th s i t i , OLD CHURCHYARDS OF LOGIE, LECROPT, ETC. 439

gloomiest and most desolate and neglected place I have ever visited. surroundes i t I overhund dan tally gb , thick-foliaged trees overd an , - grown with nettles and weeds. There is a fine entrance-gate, and as you step inside there are signs that at one time it was better cared for. It would appear that walks time on e t forbeee a crosa i kept nd th f d m no an sha lai t . dou In the centre of the head of the cross and near the gate is a finely ornamented sundial, and at the end of the arms of the cross to the right and left are two beautiful modern Celtic crosses, erected by the latr WilliaSi e m Maxwel f Keiro o l tw n memori , s hi f o y sisters. At the end of a grass walk leading from the sundial to the e burial-grounth f o othe d en r dchurchd vestigo n ol stoo t e th dbu e, of it remains. Although the old church is said to date from 1300, there are few stones seventeente dateth n di h centur e churchyardth s n yi i e On . dated memore 1691th o ,t Alexandef yo r Wrygh Mard an t y Forcusn i , figures and letters peculiar to the time. Here I found several stones sculptured on both sides. The east side of ari upright stone dated 1735 s highli y ornamented e westh td sidan , e record e burial-placsth a f eo young man aged thirty-four, with the emblem of the coulter below. Another of this type is dated 1743 and 1796 on one side, with skull, cross-bones, and sand-glass, and on the back the quaint inscription : Here lieCorpse sth Janef eo t Stevenson Spouse to John Stevenson Wh , 1743o12 diey , agedMa d thin years8 i 3 sd placan , f eo interment belonging to him. UTENDU . ESTAT T MES . E CITO . PEDE . LABITUR . Another wit hdoubla e westh e tn recoro sid e dats eth dha e 1716, with boo e eassand-glassd th an k t n sido d e an 1757, , with skuld an l cross-bones. In Logie churchyard there are few inscriptions in full. The names 440 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, MAY 13, 1912.

are indicated simply by initials. In Lecropt there are more full inscriptions. These remarks refer to the older stones. In Leeropt arrowd s alsi an t o I w worth. bo embleo n e f not yo th w f emsa o I that in Logie, which, according to present data, is the newer of the two churches, ther more ear e stones wit date hth e 1600 tha Lecroptn i , which is said to date from 1300. .—A seventeenth-century stone from Dunblane church- yard evidently records three burials : WL. MK. 1659; AH. I L. 1747; . 1777S I , . witH hI coulte d sockan r , whic e verar h y common emblems at Dunblane. May.—In the churchyard of Moy, -shire, is a stone (fig. 5) raised to the memory of Donald Fraser, usually spoken of as " The Captain of the Five." When on his way to Culloden Moor, " Prince Charlie " spent a night Hally Mo , receive s t wherMackintoss a wa Mr e eh y db Moyf ho , usually known as " Colonel Anne." When this news reached Inverness, wher e Royath e l troops were lying resolves a night-attac, wa y d Mo upon e newn ko Th f thi o s. s night-march reached Moy Hall, when Lady Mackintosh first placed the Prince in safe hiding and then sent for Donald Fraser, the black- smith thatold m e musdan h ,hi t t stop Lowdetroopss e hi d Th .nan blacksmith, with the aid of other four men, armed with muskets, by a clever stratagem so surprised Lowden that he turned and fled, believing that several Highland clans were surrounding him. This stone appear o havt s e been appropriated from some building placa d ean cleare mako dt einscriptione rooth r mfo thed an ,n placed over Donald Fraser's grave. This ston bees eha n replace stonfinw a y ne egranitef d eb o . Impression f Humano n Stone.— i Feett cu Some time last year Mr MacLennan, of Achnacloich, near Amulree, , sent me a photograph of the impression of two feet, in shoes (fig. 6), which he dykd ol en a adjacen foun stonn e farms i yearo hi o Th dtw e o .sag t t OLD CHURCHYARDS OP LOGIE, LECROPT, ETC. 441 measures 1 foot 10 inches long by 1 foot 5 inches wide, and 3 inches in thickness e impressionTh . s have a rudbee n o ne panel, parf o t whic s brokehi n off. Similar impressions of the human foot, sometimes bare and some-

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Fig. 5. Headstone in Moy Churchyard. times thin i s a , caset uncommon no n shoei , e ar s . The somee yar - times in pairs and sometimes single. From vol. xiii. of the Society's Transactions, in a paper by Capt. F. W. L. Thomas, E.N., it will be seen that such impressions occurrin rockn go stoned san fairl e sar y common in and Ireland. They are also found in Brittany, in Norway 442 PROCEEDINGS OP THE SOCIETY, MAY 13, 1912.

Swedend an . Impression e humath f o sn foomixee ar t witp du e hth folk-lore of Central Africa and Ceylon. I have known of one at Domic, Kintail r somfo , e time, without givin y though. an git o t t A nativ f Glenlyoo e n tell thae m s ttheree ther on Scotlann I s .i e d and in Ireland it was customary for the new chief to plant his foot in impressions suc theses ha , indicatin prepares g thawa e h twal o dt n ki the footsteps of his predecessor and to rule with justice and equity.

Fig . Impression6 . Feef so Shoen i t t Achnacloichsa .

The impression on the slab found at Achnacloich may have some connection with this old custom. Additional Note Logie,n o fig. 4.—Since writing these notes I ,hav e seen the Rev. Malcolm Tower Sorlie, parish minister of Belhelvie, Aber- deenshire, who is a descendant of Malcolm Toward. Mr Sorlie says tha originae th t l Tour,name "s D ewa " whic bees hha n corrupted into " Tower," which forms part of his name. His father had possession of groune th Login di e till lately, whe handee nh brothers t dovei hi o t r .