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chancel arch, which is wholly without ornament, has inclined jambs and cham- 

 fered imposts, and measures in height eight feet six inches from the floor to 

 the vertex of the arch, and in breadth about four feet six inches, immediately 

 below the imposts. 



I have already remarked that the doorway of this church is ornamented, and 

 I should add, that there is no reason to believe it to be of later date than the 

 other parts of the building ; and undoubtedly as its ornaments are very different 



in character from those found on buildings which I would assign to the tenth 

 and eleventh centuries, it would militate very much against such conclusions if 

 this church could be proved to be of Brian Borumha's time. But, as I have 



