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following notes of this route. 



* There is scarcely anything left at Ahbey St. Bathans of 

 the ancient nunnery. Some years ago a part of a doorway 

 was to be seen within the burial ground, but all vestiges of 

 it have been removed. A small window still remains in the 

 eastern gable of the Kirk. It has been partly walled up to 

 hold a common window frame, above which two circular head- 

 ings may be seen ; these have rested in the centre on a shaft 

 by which the window has been divided. Above them and 

 between them, there has been a circular opening which is now 

 filled up by masonry, and which has narrowly escaped being 

 made use of as a passage for the flue of the stove inside the 

 kirk. The wall is very thick and much splayed, evidently 

 showing that it has formed the inside of the window, the 

 present kirk having been erected against the outside of the 

 wall. 



* Underneath the seat of one of the pews, close to the pulpit, 

 there is a carved monumental stone on which is represented 

 a recumbent female figure, the head-dress indicating that she 

 had been an Abbess or Nun. It was found built into the 

 north wall of the kirk, and was removed to its present position 

 a few years ago, where it is entirely safe from damage, but 

 cannot be seen. A drawing of it might'very properly accom- 

 pany our transactions, for the sake of preserving and making 

 known an illustration of ancient dress. 



^Edins Hall, which is about a mile from Abbey St. Bathans, 

 on the north-east side of Cockburn's Law, has been accurately 

 described in the transactions of the club for 1850, by the late 

 Mr. James TurnbuU. It is a very interesting place, and evi- 

 dently of very remote antiquity, if not one of the most ancient 

 edifices in the kingdom, and probably belongs to the same 

 f ge as the numerous camps which are found throughout this 

 district. It is very similar and bears a strong resemblance to 

 the burghs of Orkney and Shetland, as may be seen by a 

 comparison of the ground plan with those of the burghs, which 

 are contained in Barry's Orkney and Hibbert's Shetland. It 

 is reasonable therefore to assume, that its antiquity is very 

 much higher than that which popular tradition has assigned 



