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Logierait Churchyard Cross Slab is a carved stone monument located in Perthshire, Scotland, and is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The cross slab stands within the churchyard at Logierait, a location situated on bedrock formed from the Southern Highland Group, a sequence of metamorphic rocks comprising psammite and pelite laid down during the Middle Cambrian period.
Cross slabs of this type represent a significant tradition of Christian monument-making in medieval Scotland, typically dating from the early medieval to late medieval periods. These stones functioned as grave markers and served important social and spiritual roles within parish churchyards. The Logierait example preserves evidence of carved cross decoration, a distinctive feature that connected communities to wider Christian artistic traditions across Scotland and beyond.
The survival of the Logierait cross slab, embedded within an active churchyard landscape, demonstrates the continuity of religious practice at this location across centuries. The stone's position within the parish churchyard reflects patterns of Christian burial and commemoration that shaped Perthshire's medieval settlement and social hierarchy, making it a tangible record of the region's spiritual heritage.
Logierait Churchyard,cross slab is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1624. View the official record →
Logierait Churchyard Cross Slab is a carved stone monument located in Perthshire, Scotland, and is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1624.
Logierait Churchyard,cross slab is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM1624.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Westhaugh of Tulliemet,cross slab 180m SE of (2.2 km), Kincraigie, homestead 170m NNW of (3.2 km), Kindallachan, standing stone (3.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Logierait Churchyard,cross slab's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Logierait Churchyard,cross slab stands on Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is psammite and pelite.