Churchyard at Logie Old Church, excluding scheduled monument, SM2798, Bridge of Allan

Churchyard at Logie Old Church, Bridge of Allan

The churchyard at Logie Old Church is enclosed by a rubble-built boundary wall with squared coping and contains two archways with entrance gates on its southwest and northwest sides. Adjacent to the southwestern entrance stands a small, single-storey former watch house built of random rubble with a slate roof, a central door in its east elevation, and a chimney stack to the north. The interior of the watch house is simple, with a stone flagged floor and small fireplace.

The churchyard contains more than 350 gravestones spanning from the 16th to the early 20th centuries. The earliest gravestones are located in the south section, laid out in regular rows, many displaying fine carvings. To the north lies a series of burial enclosures and memorial stones, largely of 19th and early 20th century date, arranged in less regular fashion. Among these is a stone commemorating William York MacGregor, the artist and co-founder of the Glasgow School, dated 1923. The churchyard also contains two 11th century hogback stones, which are scheduled monuments and excluded from this listing.

The earliest recorded stone was erected in 1598 in memory of James Kidstone and his wife Margaret Alexander. Many memorials from the late 17th century onwards display high-quality craftsmanship, featuring memento mori decorative symbols and images relating to death and mortality. Some stones bear symbols representing trades practised within the parish. The curving boundary of the churchyard suggests an origin as an early medieval ecclesiastical enclosure, a form reinforced by the presence of the 11th century hogback stones in the eastern section.

The churchyard is shown on Roy's map of 1747–52, and both the watch house and enclosing walls are depicted on the 1862 Ordnance Survey map. The churchyard is sited on raised ground around the scheduled Logie Old Church and makes a significant contribution to its setting.