the writer of this
was drawn to it about twenty years ago. There were three large slabs
of stone lying upon the ground, which apparently had been at some
former period placed erect by some loving hands to mark the last
resting-place of some departed friend or hero. By the aid of some of
the Comrie masons the stones were placed in a standing position.
Curious to know what lay beneath the surface, we dug up the earth in
front of the largest slab, and came upon a stone cist placed north and
south, 7 inches long, 1 foot 8 inches broad, and 1 foot 3 inches deep.
The only remains discovered was a thigh-bone, but whether it at one
time formed a part of the leg of a Celt, a Roman, or a Saxon we could
not tell. An old man who then lived in the village of Comrie told us
that in his young days the same mound was dug up, when an urn filled
with ashes was discovered. This, perhaps, would indicate that it
formed a place of burial for Romans rather than for Caledonians. The
spot is called Dunmoid, or "hill of judgment." Besides the parish
churchyard, there are three old burying-grounds in the parish--Leckin,
on Lochearnside; Dundurn, and Tullichettle. From an antiquarian point
of view, the most interesting, perhaps, is Tullichettle. It is
situated in a sequestered spot on a rising ground on the right bank of
the River Ruchill, near the farm-house of Cultabraggan. The name,
which is Celtic, _Tulachchadail_--"hill of sleep"--well describes the
place, for a more solitary spot could hardly be selected for the repose
of the dead. Judging from the inscriptions upon the tomb-stones it has
been for long the burying-place of the Macnivens, the Macgreuthers, the
Maccullochs, and other clans. There is a curious slab over the grave
of the Riddochs. The following description of it, extracted from the
proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, has been kindly sent by the
Secretary, Dr. Anderson:--

"It measures 5 feet 6 inches in length and 18 inches in breadth,
tapering slightly towards the lower end. It bears a sword with
straight guard in the centre of the stone, and the name James Ridoch on
the blade. In the spaces on either side are a number of trade
emblems--a square, an axe, an adze, a mallet and chisel, a millrind, an
axe-pick of the kind used by millers for dressing the mill-stone, the
coulter of a plough, a hammer and anvil (?), and an auger, indicating
probably the various mechanical aptitudes of the deceased. The
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