Logie Old Graveyard Group SC049006
The group was set up in August 2007 with the aim of securing funding to allow preservation work of this beautiful and historic site. We now have 92 members and having secured over £100,000 funding from a variety of sources. The watch hut has been fully restored and a small interpretive site has been established.There is a full record of the gravestones available to help family history researchers with a data base for easy reference.The Ruin has now been restored and stabilized.There are some small sections of restoration work still to be completed.
The site is now open and you can see the work that has been accomplished.
During July and August every Sunday between 2pm and 5pm the site is manned with guides to give guided tours of the Kirkyard telling you all about the history of Logie and mystery of the gravestone markings. Groups are welcome but please book by appointment to ensure we have enough guides on site.e-mail logieogg.com
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The History of Old Logie Kirk
Early records indicate a church at Logie since the 12th.century.The Old Kirk was built around 1380 Alexander Fargy being recorded as the first minister of the reformed church in 1567.The Kirk is surrounded by a traditional circular graveyard. Old stones dating back as far as 1620 illustrate old trades and morality symbols. There is an earlier Hogback stone by the east wall of the Kirk yard Dated from 1080. By 1801 the Old Kirk was in a bad state of repair. Sir Robert Abercromby of Airthrey gifted land and a new church was built on a new site 500 yards to the south of the ruin.
URGENT APPEAL
WE ARE IN NEED OF MORE SUPPORT TO MAINTAIN THE SITE THE MAJORITY OF OUR EXISTING MEMBERS ARE NOW UNANBLE TO DO THE WORK REQUIRED TO KEEP THE SITE IN GOOD CONDITION. YOU CAN VOLUNTEER TO COME AND HELP ON OUR WORK DAYS OR CHOOSE A PARTICULAR TYPE OF WORK YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO WE NEED GRASS CUTING CLEARING UP OF THE SITE.
FLOWER MAINTAINANCE, PAINTING OF IRON WORK CLEARING OF GRAVESTONES AND HELPING WITH GUIDED TOURS OF WHICH TRAINING WOULD BE GIVEN WE DO GUIDES DURING SUNDAYS JULY AND AUGUST YOU CAN PICK THE DAYS YOU WOULD BE AVAILABLE
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP PLEASE EMAIL
logieogg@btinternet.com
AND WE WILL CONTACT YOU TO DISCUSS WHAT YOU CAN HELP WITH.