Logan
Bell
Site Name Logan
Classification Bell
Canmore ID 60492
Site Number NX04SE 14
NGR NX 0964 4282
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkmaiden
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX04SE 14 0964 4282.
Preserved at Logan House is a bell, 14 ins in diameter, bearing the following inscription in two lines: NICOLAIVS RAMSA DOMINVS X DE DALHVISSI . ME X FIERI X FECIT . ANO . DNI . MILLESIMO X QVIGENTISMO XXXIIII X IHS . MARIA X IHONE X MORISON. The lettering is chiefly Roman of early 16th-century type, but the D' s, L's and H's are from a much older Lombardic alphabet. Above the inscription is a rude frieze of short fleurs-de-lys. The bell is remarkable in having no lines, rims, or mouldings, except those enclosing the inscription.
RCAHMS 1912
The bell is said to have been used at Clanyard Castle (NX13NW 2) about the end of the 16th century, and it was subsequently in use at the Parish Church of Kirkmaiden (NX13NW 16).
Visited by OS January 1972