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the openings which were the upper quire entrances. 

 In the middle bay of the south side a ragged hole 

 represents the sedilia. At the west of the presbytery 

 a cross arch marked the eastern limit of the quire ; 

 the first two bays had lofty pointed archways opening 

 into the transepts, but only those on the south side 

 are standing ; between the bays are the toothings of 

 buttresses which must have projected into the 

 transepts. The third or westernmost bay, left 

 standing on the south side, has a lower archway of 

 equal width with the others, opening into the east 

 end of the aisle. The dwarf wall closing its lower 

 half is pierced below the west jamb of the arch by a 



range of three lancet windows on either side, and 

 another lancet high up in the south gable end. This 

 portion had a high-pitched wooden roof, now of course 

 all gone. 



Of the two chapels to the east of the transept very 

 little remains. The northern one extended behind 

 two bays of the presbytery, being divided into two 

 by a cross arch supporting the buttress between the 

 bays. Of this arch and the east wall only the 

 toothings on the presbytery wall are left ; the chapel 

 had a semi-circular barrel-vault running from east to 

 west, of which a few springing stones remain. Over 

 it was a lean-to roof against the presbytery wall. On 



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pointed doorway. Over the archway are the remains 

 of a lancet window which gave light to a clearstory 

 above the aisle roof. 



The south transept is more complete than any other 

 part, its three outer walls being almost intact except- 

 ing where they have been robbed of all the dressed 

 stones. In the east wall were two pointed archways 

 now mere gaps opening into the chapels ; between 

 them are the remains against the wall of a small stone 

 altar 5 ft. long, and over this altar is a square recess 

 2 ft. 6 in. wide. Another archway at the north end 

 of the west wall opened from the nave aisle. 



In the south wall of the transept, near the south- 

 west angle, is the doorway connected with the night- 

 stair from the dorter. The transept is lighted by a 



the transept wall are the marks of two such roofs, one 

 steeper than the other, and evidently of different 

 dates. 



The southern chapel was only of one bay in depth; 

 its south wall still stands with a few angle stones 

 indicating the return of the east wall ; in it are the 

 remains of a piscina. There are also the springing 

 stones of a pointed barrel vault springing from a 

 grooved and hollow-chamfered string-course. Over 

 this vault, but not central with it, was a gabled wood 

 roof, the outline of which is to be seen on the transept 

 wall, and the gap between the two chapels is very 

 clearly shown, the east face of the transept wall 

 retaining its external plinth, which must have returned 

 round the outsides of the chapels. 



