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BUNKLE AND PEESTON.— I re-visited these churches, along 

 with Mr Eoss and Mr Fortune, in September 1894. I found 

 the plaster in the interior of the Bunkle apse in a much more 

 decayed state than at my previous visit ; and traces of a 

 piscina-niche near the south-east window, and of another 

 window to the north-east were distinctly observable. The niche 

 had been roughly built up and plastered over, the basin stone 

 having been left in situ. Mr Ross made a drawing of the apse, 

 which is reproduced on page 318, vol. i. of Eccles. Arch, of 

 Scotland. The piscina in Preston church is figured in vol. iii. 

 of the same work, p. 417. There can be no question that this 

 latter church, which was originally of First-Pointed date, has 

 been altered, and possibly partly rebuilt, at difPerent times ; 

 •but I can see nothing to indicate that the east wall has been 

 subjected to any alteration, and I believe it to be original. 



Mr Galletly's sketch of the apse at Bunkle may be found in 

 Ancient Towers and Doorwmjs, opposite p. 41. Mr Taylor is 

 mistaken in saying that " some quaint gargoyles," presumably 

 removed from the old church when it was taken down, are 

 visible in the present one. The finial which crowns the east gable 

 of the latter, however, is evidently older than the rest of the 

 building, and Mr Eoss is of opinion that it is mediaeval. 



CHIENSIDE. — See illustration of the ancient doorway of this 

 church in Eccles. Arch, of Scotland, vol. i., p. 322. Further 

 examination leads me to think that the outer nook-shafts 

 of the doorway may originally have been monoliths, and 

 that my strictures on the restoration were, so far, undeserved. 

 It is worthy of remark that the head of the doorway, as it 

 now exists, is segmental and not fully semicircular. 



In the apex of the gable of the projection into which the 

 doorway is built, may be seen a much wasted triangular 

 panel, bearing the crest of the Halls, formerly of Whitehall, 

 now of Dunglass — "a crane standing on a hill, holding in 

 her left foot a stone." fNishefs System of Heraldry. J 



COCKBUENSPATH.— The circular tower or belfry is be- 

 lieved by some archeeologists to be older than the church. Mr 

 Eoss is undecided, but he quotes with approval {Eccles. Arch, of 

 Scotland, vol. iii., p. 414) Mr T. S. Eobertson's views, which are 

 strongly in favour of its greater antiquity. The junction of the 



