OS1/13/43/63A
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAIRN (Remains of) [LOGIE] | Cairn (Remains of) Cairn (Remains of) |
Mr. Bowman Logie Ho. [House] Mr. Thomson Logie Village |
006 | [situation] About 7 chains NNE [North North East] of the Free Church Manse. The remains of an ancient Cairn on the lands belonging to Logie House. It was a large Circular pile of handstone one hundred and fifty links in diameter and of conical shape. A large aggregate of the stones which composed it were removed from time to time for the building of ring fences in the neigbouring grounds and for draining purposes the last of them were removed about the year 1820. by first named authority on whose grounds it was situated. A circular ridge like hill remains round its margin in the centre of the Cairn and below the surface was discovered an open cavity 8 feet long by 6 feet wide and about 5 ft [feet] deep. this was covered with flags of stones. and near its margin a couple of feet below the surface was found two urns containing human bones [apparently] calcined with ashes etc. both urns were side by side and still remain there covered up with their contents around the margin of the cairn were also discovered three seperate [graves] formed of small undress'd flags of stones, and also containing fragments of bones ashes and dark coloured clay. the seperate position of these last named could not now be pointed out. |
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63a Parish of Logie Leighton p 50. [Quotation from][Note - Cairn] Old English.
[Quotation] "A little to the east of Logie House at a place where at a place where a Cairn had formerly existed some workmen while trenching the ground lately found an ancient British urn but from the brittle and decayed state in which it was it unfortunately went to pieces in removing. To the south of the house another cairn still exists which does not appear ever to have been opened." Leightons Hist. [ History] of Fife Vol.II [Volume 2] p. 50
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