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lost, the following description, gathered from the now uncovered 
remains, will present for the first time a sketch of some of its 
features :— 
Of these early remains there is, wm situ, at the north-east 
angle of the Nave, and attached to the wall of the Chancel, the 
base and part of the shafting of a respond 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 sitw. Several pieces of 
cylindrical piers have been found, which give a diameter corres- 
ponding to the measurement across the respond mentioned ; and 
a fragment of a base moulding corresponding to that 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 arch rings, of very distinctive 
character. Two are moulded with a roll on the angle, a fillet 
and hollow on the 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 the soffit and the face—the most character- 
istic ornament of the Norman style. The stones almost certainly 
formed part of the doorway of the Church, a feature which 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 the 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 period of the foundation. 
In addition to the architectural 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 sitw, and the foundation of a stair at 
