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lost, the foUo'wdng description, gatliered from the now uncovered 

 remains, will present for the first time a sketch of some of its 

 features : — 



Of these early remains there is, in situ, at the north-east 

 angle of the Nave, and attached to the wall of tlie Chancel, the 

 base and part of tlie shafting of a i-espond or half pier, upon a 

 pedestal. The respond measures three feet and half an inch 

 across, from north to south. Part of the plinth of the eastmost 

 pier of the North Arcade also remains in situ. Several pieces of 

 cylindrical piers have been found, wliich give a diameter corres- 

 ponding to the measurement across the respond mentioned ; and 

 a fragment of a base moulding corresponding to tliat of the 

 respond also exists. There remains a large number of arch 

 stones, which went to form the Arcade arches connecting the 

 piers. The arches have been pointed, and of two plain chamfered 

 orders, with a string or hood moulding over them. 



There are three stones, parts of arcli rings, of very distinctive 

 character. Two are moulded with a roll on the angle, a fillet 

 and hollow on tlie soffit, and the zig-zag ornament on the 

 face ; and on the other is worked an angle roll, and the zig-zag 

 ornament on both tlie soffit and the face — the most character- 

 istic ornament of tlie Norman style. The stones almost certainly 

 formed part of the doorway of the Church, a feature wliich in 

 Scotland retained something of the Norman type after the style 

 had otherwise become obsolete. 



Numerous fragments of windows remain — pieces of mullions, 

 tracery, and arch-shaped tops. One piece of tracery is grooved 

 for the reception of cusping after tlie manner of the earlier 

 windows of New Abbey ; and the arch-shaped tops are also 

 cuspated apparently into trefoil forms. These fragments are 

 early English, and of a somewhat more advanced type than was 

 prevalent at the pei'iod of the foundation. 



In addition to the architectui-al fragments described, .some of 

 the foundations and traces of walls remaining appear also from 

 the character of the masonry to belong to the earlier building. 

 The walling of the later work of the Church is faced with finely 

 hewn and closely jointed ashlar, while that of the earlier work is 

 faced with rubble, roughly dressed, and with wide joints. Of this 

 latter description are the remains of the west wall of the Nave 

 and all the north side of the Church. The steps of the west 

 doorway, which remain in sitit, and the foundation of a stair at 



