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tower is still locally known as " The Prison," one naturally 

 connects the transgressors with it. Moreover, an aperture 

 7 inches square and 5 feet from the ground runs through 

 the east wall of the tower, suggesting that food was passed 

 from the outside to the prisoners within. Therefore it would 

 not be improbable to explain the peculiar position of the 

 tower as looking towards the chapel of the Order, or rather 

 towards Jerusalem. Such reminders are not unknown in the 

 Bible: "Now when Daniel . . . toward Jerusalem, he 

 kneeled upon his knees," &c. (Dan. vi. 10) ; " But as for me, 

 . . . will I worship toward Thy holy temple " (Ps. v. 7) ; 

 " If Thy people . . . shall pray unto the Lord toward the 

 city which Thou hast chosen," &c. (1 Kings viii. 44) ; " I 

 am cast out of Thy sight ; yet I will look toward Thy holy 

 temple " (Jonah ii. 4). In addition to these there was the 

 rule of the Saracens daily at eventide to pray towards 

 Mecca. Need I say that these were sufficient for the 

 Templars to adopt some similar rule to aid unity and obedi- 

 ence in their Order. Again, on the E.S.E. buttress of the 

 Templars' chapel are to be noticed two sectors (or sun-dials) 

 — one of which is perfect, and the other imperfect. The 

 perfect one represents a quadrant with the points from E. 

 to S. marked; but the S.E. line is greatly prolonged and 

 crossed to arrest attention. This sector (or sun-dial) I take 

 to indicate roughly the position of Jerusalem, where the 

 Grand Master of the Order resided. If it be so, then the 

 stone-tongue confirms the above explanation as to the tower 

 having been built towards the chapel of the Order, and 

 towards Jerusalem. 



Advancing from the tower towards the west front of the 

 church, and on looking up at the leaning gable-end, one 

 sees a large stone rougher than all the rest, and showing 

 marks of some carving roughly broken off: a few courses 

 under and more to the right, a small stone appears with a 

 winged dragon. With the help of this I would suggest that 

 the broken-off carving represented " the flesh," thus com- 

 pleting the symbolical language for " the devil, the world, 

 and the flesh." Lower down is the west window; still 

 lower down is the west door (slightly pointed) of the church. 

 Not far from this door, and on the right jamb, is to be seen 



