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connecting them, being perfect ; 

 but the two apertures are partially 

 concealed by some modem wood- 

 work. Between the second and 

 third arches from the east end of 

 the south arcade is a peculiarly 

 shaped opening for the purpose 



PiUar, Mabe. l-48th. 



Opening, Rood Loft. 



of giving access from the south 

 aisle to that portion of the loft 

 which is above the entrance to 

 the chancel ; no such opening existed over the corresponding pier 

 in the north arcade ; but the bracket in the north wall on which 

 the end of the screen rested, still remains. 



The whole of the Church is floored with large granite slabs ; 

 a portion at the east end, for about eight feet from the wall, 

 being raised six inches above the general level. 



The font stands at the east end of the south aisle ; it consists 

 of an octangular basin gathered into an octangular shaft ; each 

 face is ornamented with an ogee quatrefoil, and the panels of the 

 shaft are also finished with ogee-headed quatrefoils. 



The east window of the south aisle is of ordinary perpendicular 

 form, of four lights ; and the four windows in the south wall, as 

 well as the west window, which has been built up, have each 

 three lights with cusped quatrefoils in the head. There is a small, 

 plain, priest's-doorway in the wall, a little to the east of the rood-loft 



