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• of);LOGIERAIT.:louce beiii body,' who followed his calling in a humbletliatched cottage at North Water Brig ; and John StuartMill about 1864 paid a visit to his father's birthplace.In the ruined Aukl Kirk ' of Pert ' close by, GeorgeBeattie makes John o' Arnha' see 'unco sights.'Nearly a mile to the W of Craigo House are threeremarkable tumuli, the Laws of Craigo, two of which,being opeued, were found to contain five human skeletonsof extraordinary size. Mansions, noticed separately,are Craigo and Gallery ; and the property is dividedamong three. Logie-Pert is in the presbytery of Brechinand tlie synod of Angus and Mearns ; the living is worth£293. The old church of Logie, like that of Pert, stillstands in ruins by the North Esk's bank. The presentparish church was built in 1840, and contains 700sittings. There is also a Free church ;and two publicschools, Craigo Works and Logie-Pert, with respectiveaccommodation for 158 and 96 children, had (1882) anaverage attendance of 69 and 61, and grants of £48, 4s.and £51, 19s. Valuation (1857) £6292, (1884) £8353,.3s., pht3 £1517 for railway. Pop. (1801) 908, (1841)1560, (1861) 1483, (1871) 1251, (1881) Q95.--Ord. Siir.,sh. 57, 1868.Logierait (Gael. Iciri-an-rath, hollow ' of the castle '),a village and a parish of N central Perthshire. Thevillage is beautifully situated on the N bank of the Tay,5 furlongs above the influx of the Tummel, and J mileW of Ballixluig Junction, this being 8| miles E by NAberfeldy and 8 N by W of Dunkeld. A neighbouringeminence was crowned by a castle of Robert IIL.(1390-1406), and now is the site of a conspicuous andrichly-sculptured Celtic cross, erected in 1866 to thememory of the sixth Duke of Athole. Long the seat ofthe regality court of the lords of Athole, which wieldedwide jurisdiction with almost absolute powers, thevillage then had its court-house, gaol, and Tom-nacroicheor 'gallows-knoll.' The court-hall is said tohave been ' the noblest apartment in Perthshire, ' morethan 70 feet long, with galleries at either end ; whilstKob Roy escaped from the gaol (1717), and PrinceCharles Edward confined within it 600 prisoners fromPrestonpans. Almost the sole survivor of the past isthe hollow 'Ash Tree of the Boat of Logierait,' which,•63 feet in height and 40 in girth at 3 feet from theground, is said to have been the dool ' tree of the district,on which caitiffs and robbers were formerlyexecuted, and their bodies left hanging till they droppedand lay around uuburied. ' The lower part of the trunk•is quite a shell, and has been formed into a summerhouseor arbour, capable of accommodating a considerablenumber of people. A chain-boat over the Tay wasstarted in 1824 ; and Logierait also has a post oflice, aninn, and the Athole and Breadalbaue combination poorhouse,erected in 1864, and accommodating 117 inmates.Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy dined at Logieraiton 6 Sept. 1803.The parish comprises a main body and five detachedsections, its total area being 61 J square miles or 39,253acres, of which 1493J are water, and 21,098§ belong tothe main body. This, with Logierait village on itssouthern border, is bounded W by Dull, N by Dull andMoulin, NE by Kii-kmichael, SE by Clunie, and S byDunkeld-Dowally, Little Dunkeld, and Dull. It allbut surrounds the Dalcapon section of Duskeld andDowALLT, and has an utmost length from E to W of11 miles, whilst its width varies between IJ mile and 4JaaUes. The Tumiiel runs 6^ miles south-south-east"ward, partly along the Moulin boundary, but mainlyacross the interior, till it falls into the Tav, whichitself flows 6| miles east-by-southward along the westernhalf of the southern border. Much the largest of ninesheets of water are Loclian Oisinneach Mhor (4x3 furl.and Loch Beooji (5i x 2 furl.), which latter partlybelongs to Moulin and Dalcapon. In the extreme S thesurface sinks along the Tay to 185 feet above the sea ;-and chief elevations to the E of the Tummel are *Creg-.nam Mial (1842 feet), *Meall Reamhar (1741), and TomBheithe (1192) ; to the W, *Carra Bea^ (1250), Creagan.an Feadaire (1318), and the *eastern shoulder (2000) ofLOGIERAITBeinn Eagach, where asterisks mark those heights thatculminate on the confines of the parish.Two only of the detached sections are of any size.Of these the largest, containing Carie, 3 miles WSW ofKinloch Rannoch, on the N is bounded for 3i miles byLoch Rannoch, and on all other sides by Fortingall.It has an utmost length and width of 5 and 4g miles ;and its surface is mountainous, rising southward from668 feet to 3370 at Carn Gorm on the southern border.The second largest section, containing Lochgarry House,2^ miles E by N of Kinloch Rannoch, on the S isbounded for 3g miles by the winding Tummel, and onall other sides by Fortingall. It has an utmost lengthand width of 5J and 2J miles ; and the surface risesnorthward from 650 feet to Beiun a' Chuallaich (2925),from which again it declines to 1250 along a headstreamof Erichdie Water. The three other sectionsare all small—one containing Killieohassie Houseand a third of the town of Aberfeldy ; another borderingon Loch Glassie ; and the third including the SWhalf of Loch Deroulich.The scenery of the parish, especially that of its main'body, is eminently picturesque. The windings of therivers, the rich vales, the sloping corn-fields and pastures,the hauging woodlands, and the awful mountainsin the distance,' as seen from a rock about 1 mile distantfrom Logierait village, form one of the noblest'landscapes, for extent, variety, beauty, aud grandeur,that the eye can behold;' and the combinations of valeand hill, glen and mountain, wood and water, cliff andcascade, exquisite culture and sublime desolation, asseen from many standpoints, both in the main bodyand in the detached sections, are striking specimens ofalmost all the best kinds of Highland scenery. Therocks are very various. Several strata of limestone liein different parts ; in oue place occurs a variety of talcand building stones of different kinds are occasionallyraised on almost every estate. The soil of the lowgrounds is chiefly alluvium ; on the slopes of the hillsis mostly deep and loamy ; on the higher grounds iscold and spouty ; and on the mountains is nearly everywheremoorish. Less than one-fifth of the entire area isin tillage ; rather more than one-tenth is under woodand the rest is either pastoral or waste. Distilling isstiU carried on, though not to such an extent as formerly.Antiquities are Caledonian standing-stones andcairns in several places, an ancient camp near Middlehaugh,a sculptured stoue in the parish churchyard, aruined beacon-house on a rock 2 miles from Logieraitvillage, and sites and burying-places of several pre-Reformation churches. Amongst natives of Logieraithave been Adam Ferguson, LL.I). (1724-1816), the historian; Robert Bisset, LL.D. (1739-1805), the biographerof Burke ; Daniel Stewart (1741-1814), the founder ofStewart's Hospital in Edinburgh ; and General Sir RobertDick of TuUymet, who fell at Sobraon (1846). Mansions,noticed separately, are Balleohin, Donavourd, Dunfallandy,Eastertyre, Edradynate, Killieohassie,Lochgarry, Middlehaijgh, Pitnacree, and Tullymet; and 6 proprietors hold each an annual value of£500 and upwards, 15 of between £100 and £500, and22 of from £20 to £50. Giving off part to KinlochRannoch quoad sacra parish, Logierait is in thepresbytery of Weem and the synod of Perth andStirling ; the living is worth £364. The parish church,at Logierait village, was built in 1806, aud contains1000 sittings ; and a handsome mission-church wasbuilt at Aberfeldy in 1884. Logierait Free churchdates from Disruption times ; and TuUymet RomanCatholic church, Our Lady of Good Aid, was built in1855. In Strathtay are Episcopal and Roman Catholicchapels ; and four schools—Aberfeldy public, Logieraitpublic, Strathtay Stewart's free, and TuUoch of Pitnacree—withrespective accommodation for 310, 201, 129,and 68 children, had (1882) an average attendance of185, 128, 41, and 33, aud grants of £138, 5s. 6d.,£120, 13s., £52, Os. 6d., and £36, 14s. Valuation(1866) £14,396, 17s. 8d., (1884) £19,118, Os. 6d. Pop.(1801) 2890, (1831) 3138, (1861) 2592, (1871) 2417,549