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LOGIE-COLDSTONE
town were taken from Logie-Buchan to form part of
TJdny. In 1644 the Royalists defeated a Covenanting
force on the lands of Tarty, and gave occasion to that
hasty rising of the Gordons which led to the flight of the
Marquis of Huntly and the execution of Sir John Gordon.
The Boat of Logic, a well-known tune, has reference to
this parish ; but the still better known song of Logie o'
Buchan relates to a gardener about the middle of last
century, at Logic in tlie parish of Crimond. Alexander
Arbuthnot (1538-83), first Protestant principal of King's
College, Aberdeen, was minister from 1568 till his death.
AucHMACOY, noticed separately, is the only mansion ;
but 4 proprietors hold each an annual value of more, 4
of less, than £500. Logic- Buchan is in the presbytery of
Ellon and synod of Aberdeen ; the living is worth £293.
The parish church, built in 1787, contains 300 sittings ;
and two public schools, Artrochie and Tipperty, with
respective accommodation for 76 and 81 children, had
(1882) an average attendance of 72 and 77, and grants of
£59 and £69, 12s. 6d. Valuation (1860) £4479, (1884)
£5678, plus £161 for railway. Pop. (1801) 539, (1831)
684, (1861) 762, (1871) 808, (1881) 761.— Ord. »tr., shs.
87, 77, 1876-73.
Logie-Coldstone, a parish of SW Aberdeenshire,
whose church staiids 60S feet above sea-level, 4 miles W
of Tarland, and 4i NNW of the station and post-town,
Dinnet. Comprising siuce 1618 the ancient parishes of
Logie-Mar and Coldstone, it is bounded N by Towie
and two fragments of Tarland, E by Tarland and CouU,
SE by Aboyne, S by Gleumuick, and W by Strathdon.
Its utmost length, from E by N to W by S, is 7§ miles ;
its breadth varies between 6J furlongs and 5| miles ; and
its area is 13, 624-J acres, of which 23^ are water. Deskry
Water flows 6^ miles north-north-eastward along the
Strathdon boundary ; and other streams run to tri-
angular Loch Daves (6 x 4 j furl. ; 480 feet) on the
boundary with Glenmuiok, so that the drainage belongs
partly to the Don but mainly to the Dee. The north-
western district, drained by Deskry Water, is in Don-
side ; and all the rest of the parish is in Cromar. A
range of heights, extending north-eastward, divides the
Donside from the Cromar district ; and a loftier range,
extending thence south-south-westward to the meeting-
point with Glenrauick and Strathdon parishes, culmi-
nates in the lofty summit of Morven (2862 feet), cele-
brated in a poem of Lord Byron, and commanding a
view down Deeside as far as the eye can reach. Of the
eastern division of the parish the highest summit is
the Sockaugh (2032 feet), at the meeting-point with
Leochel and Tarland. Great part of the parish appears
to have anciently been occujjied by a large lake, or a
chain of lakes, and now is a valley, diversified by
risiug-grounds. The predominant rock is granite ; and
the soil on the hill slopes is generally deep and fertile,
on the low grounds is mostly shallow, and either sandy
or peaty. About 3000 acres are in tillage, and 900 are
•under wood. Mansions are Blelaok, Corrachree,
and Deskry Shiel ; and 4 proprietors hold each an annual
value of more, 4 of less, than £500. Logie-Coldstone is
in the presbytery of Kincardine O'Neil and the synod of
Aberdeen ; the living is worth £326. The parish church,
erected in 1780, and almost rebuilt in 1876 at a cost
of £900, contains 400 sittings. A public school, with
accommodation for 155 children, had (1882) an average
attendance of 74, and a grant of £55, 17s. Valuation
(1860) £4041, (1884) £6368, 5s. 8d. Pop. (1801) 861,
(1831) 910, (1861) 932, (1871) 900, (1881) 908.— 0)-d.
Sur., shs. 75, 76, 1876-74.
Logie-Crimond. See Logie and Logie-Buchan.
Logie-Durns. See Chapel of Garioch.
Logie-Easter, a parish of NE Ross and Cromarty,
containing, near its eastern boundary, Nigg station, on
the Highland railway, 7| miles NE of Invergorden and
20 NE of Dingwall. It is bounded N by Tain, E by
Fearn, SE by Nigg, S by Kilmuir-Easter, and W by
Eddertouu. Its greatest length, from E to W, is 7f
miles ; its breadth varies between j mile and 4| miles ;
and its area is 10,532J acres, of which 479^ are foreshore
and 75 water. Balnagown river flows 81 miles eastward
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LOGIE-PERT
and south-eastward alongall the Kilmuir-Easter boundary
till it falls into Nigg Bay ; and eight tiny lochs are in
the interior. Fine springs are numerous ; and the
water of one of them was thought, when carried into
the presence of a sick person, to change colour if he
would die, and to remain clear if he would get well.
The surface rises gently east- aorth-eastward to 208 feet
near Logiehill, 351 near Lauiingtou, and 1238 near the
western boundary. The predominant rock is Old Red
sandstone ; and the soil, in places a strong deep clay, in
others is either a rich black mould or a light earth on a
sandy irretentive bottom. Several cairns on both sides
of one of the burns are said to commemorate an ancient
battle in which the Danes were routed by the Scotch.
A gallows hill, towards the 7niddle of the parish, and a
deep small pond hard by, called Poll a' hhaid (' pool for
drowning'), were places of capital punishment in the
old days of hereditary jurisdiction. Mansions are
Shandwick and Calrossie ; and the property is divided
among four. Logie-Easter is in the presbytery of Tain
and the synod of Ross ; the living is worth £336. The
parish church, 1§ mile W by S of Nigg station and IJ
NNE of the post-town, Parkhill, is a neat modern
edifice, containing 700 sittings. There is also a Free
church ; and two public schools, Logie-Easter and
Scotsburn, with respective accommodation for 102 and
75 children, had (1882) an average attendance of 60 and
26, and grants of £45, 14s. 6d. and £34, 3s. Valuation
(1860) £3990, (1884) £5988, 3s. Pop. (1801) 1031,
(1831) 934, (1861) 932, (1871) 912, (1881) 827.— Orrf.
Sur., sh. 94, 1878.
Logie-Elphinstone, a plain old mansion, with prettily
wooded grounds, in Chapel of Garioch parish, Aberdeen-
shire, on the left bank of the Ury, 5 miles NW of
Inverurie, and 1 mile W by N of Pitcaple station.
Within it are portraits of Bishop Elphinstone, Charles
Lord Elphinstone, other members of the Elphinstone
family, Viscount Dundee, Count Patrick Leslie, and Sir
James Leslie. In 1754 Robert Dalrymple, Esq. of Horn
and Westhall, a grandson of Sir Hew Dalrymple of
North Berwick, married Mary, daughter and heiress of
Sir James Elphinstone of Logie ; and their grandson.
Sir James Dali-yrnple-Horn-Elphinstone, second Bart.
since 1827 (b. 1805 ; sue. 1848), M.P. for Portsmouth
1857-65 and 1868-80, holds 5524 acres in the shire,
valued at £5107 per annum. — Ord. Sur., sh. 76, 1874.
Logie-Mar. See Logie-Coldstone.
Logie-Moatrose. See Logie-Pert.
Logie -Murdoch. See Logie, Fife.
Logie-Pert, a parish of NE Forfarshire, with a post-
ofBee village of its own name, 2 miles W by S of Craigo
station, and 4j NW of the post-town, Montrose. Con-
taining also Craigo village and the post ofiice of North
Water Bridge (under Laurencekirk), it comprises the
ancient parishes of Logie-Montrose and Pert, united
between 1610 and 1615, and constituting respectively its
eastern and western divisions. It is bounded NW, N,
NE, and E by Fettercairu, Marykirk, and St Cyrus in
Kincardineshire, S by Montrose and Dun, and W by
Stracathro. Its utmost length, from WNW to ESE,
is 5 miles ; its utmost breadtli is 2| miles ; and its area
is 5808 acres, of which 6Si are water. The river North
EsK flows 6J mQes east-south-eastward along all the
Kincardineshire border; and along it the surface de-
clines to less than 100 feet above sea-level, thence rising
to 306 feet at the Hill of Craigo, 366 near Ballochy,
and 357 at the Brae of Pert — heights that command a
magnificent view of great part of Strathmore, the
Howe of Mearns, and the grand range of the frontier
Grampians. There is a fine medicinal spring in Martin's
Den ; but good springs are in several other places.
Sandstone abounds, but is not much quarried ; and
limestone was at one time calcined. The soil ranges
from light gravelly loam to strong hard clay, a pretty
large extent being good sharp medium loam on a mode-
rately open subsoil. Fully three-fourths of the entire
area are in tillage ; and plantations cover some 1200
acres. The historian of British India, James Mill
(1773-1836), was the son of a Logie-Pert shoemaker, 'a