The Pre- Reformation Churches oj Berwickshire. 



the arch, a variety of mason's marks are observa])le— some of 

 them similar to those on the earliest Norman portions of 

 Jedburgh Abbey. The walls of the apse are three feet in thick- 

 ness. The roof is a plain rounded vault internally, and is 

 covered on the outside with stone slabs. A slightly projecting 

 cornice, with a hollow chamfer below, runs along the top of the 

 wall ; and there is a narrow basement course, with a plain slope 

 above, close to the ground. The only window is a small round 

 headed one, which looks to the south east, slightly bevelled 

 round the outer edge, and very widely splayed within. The 

 orientation is nearly due east. 



The Church of Preston is a full century later in date than 

 that of Bunkle, all its original details being of early First- 

 Pointed character. As will be seen from the plan, the main 

 building, consisting of nave and chancel, has been a long narrow 



