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yards long, and not above eight broadi 

 The eaft end is the moft perfect, and 

 through it's thick covering of ivy, I could 

 obferve three fmall lancet windows. Againft 

 the fouth wall are a few fmall Gothic pillars 

 and arches, and an aperture in the wall in 

 which was probably kept the holy water ; 

 in this part of the building there has alfo 

 been a femi-circular door oppofite to two 

 fmall arches, and near them a mutilated 

 ftone reprefenting the head of a human 

 figure. The fpace of ground which thefe 

 walls inclofe is very inconiiderable, and 

 from the great plainnefs of the building 

 altogether, it will not form a picture from 

 any point of view whatever. From a 

 large fycamore, which I obferved growing 

 amongft the ruins at the weft end, I mould 

 judge that the building had long been in 

 a moft ruinous ftate. Though it is but 

 little more than a mile diftant, it is, from 

 the obfcurity of it's fituation, fcarcety 



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