Notes from the Old Churchyards of Logie, Lecropt, Dunblane, and Moy, with a Note on an Impression of Human Feet cut in Stone

Abstract

The churchyard at Logie has many gravestones dating to the seventeenth century with an unusual number and variety of symbols. One stone of 1748 mentions the purchase of the plot in 1498. Slightly later stone with lengthier inscriptions survive at Lecropt. An impression of two feet in shoes was found in an old dyke near Amulree. Similar impressions are quite common in Scotland and Ireland where it was customary for the new chief to plant his foot in impressions such as these, indicating that he was prepared to walk in the footsteps of his predecessor and to rule with justice and equity.