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tun out at right angles to the outer face of the wall. This does not 

 represent the jiresent appearauce of the aumbry. It is splayed on the 

 eastern edge. There is an irregular bi'eak in the heart of the wall, running 

 westward from the back of the recess ; but it does not reach the outside, 

 nor does the masonry show any indication that it ever did so. 



About two feet of rubbish had accumulated on the floor of the church, 

 which was cleared in the restorations. 



IV. St. Mary's Church (view, Plate XII, fig. 3 : plan and details, fig. 6). 



This building is rectangular, 54 feet 5 inches long, by 22 feet 5 inches 

 broad, widening slightly towards the easu end. The orientation is 101 degrees 

 magnetic. The gables of the roof are not so high-pitched in proportion to 

 their width as are those of St. Caiinin's (see the photograph, Plate XII, fig. 3). 



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t'lu. G. St. Mary's Cliurch. 



The entrance doorway is the only pointed arch on the island ; it is pointed 



