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Mr. PETKIE'S Inquiry into the Origin and 



chapel was that of a simple oblong, measuring externally nineteen feet six 

 inches in length, and twelve feet three inches in breadth. It was built with 

 considerable art, and in a style of masonry quite different from that usually found 

 in the most ancient churches of this country, the stones being generally of 

 small size, and the masonry around the door and window ashlar work. 



The principal ornamented feature which distinguished this building, and to 

 which I have seen nothing similar in any other Irish ecclesiastical remain, was 

 an arched recess, placed on its east front, as represented in the annexed copy 

 of Beranger's drawing : 



The arch, which, it will be seen, presented a well-decorated architrave, rested 

 on narrow columns with capitals equally enriched with sculpture, and the recess, 

 which it enclosed, was perforated in the centre by a narrow, unornamented win- 

 dow, having obviously a semicircular head, but which was not in existence 

 when the drawing was made. The sides of this window were not, as is usual, 

 inclined, nor does it appear from the drawing that its jambs had the usual 

 internal splay ; but the sides of the arch were splayed outwards, as well as the 

 arch itself. This arch measured, at its outer angles, seven feet four inches 

 in breadth, and six feet eleven inches in height to its vertex. The semi- 

 columns, or pilasters, were three feet three inches in height, including the ca- 

 pitals, which measured eight inches and a half, and the bases, which measured 

 five inches. The architrave was nine inches in breadth, including the cornice, 

 which was two inches. 



