144 ^he Pre- Reformation Churches of Berwickshire. 



The church, 58 feet 8 inches by 19 feet 2 inches externally, was 

 rebuilt in 1730 on the old foundations, and evidently, to a con- 

 siderable extent, of the old materials ; but all the original details 

 have disappeared, except a sculptured stone, inserted in the S. 

 wall, on which are carved the St. Oiair arms with the letters 

 I.S. above. (Fig. 17.) 



At the village of Longformacus is a spring, formerly a holy 

 well, dedicated to '• Our Lady." 



Fig. 17. 



MERTOUN 



Was one of the churches given by Hugo de Morville to Dry- 

 burgh Abbey,"^' the rains of which are situated within the parish. 

 The existing church dates from 1658. It stands about a mile to 

 the north-west of the ancient parish burying-ground, which 

 contains the remains of the original Church. This has appar- 

 ently been a Norman building ; but only the E. wall, and 

 portions of the N. and S. walls, all reduced to within 8 feet of 

 the ground, are left, and no architectural details are visible. 

 The internal width has been 14 feet. Bishop Bernham con- 

 secrated the church in 1241. 



Outside, near the end of the S. wall, is a very fine and well- 

 preserved sepulchral slab, having an ornamental cross carved in 

 relief upon its tipper surface, but without any date or inscription. 

 (Fig. 18.) Its length is 39 inches; its width, at the upper end, 

 20 inches, and at the lower end, 16 inches. 



Liber de Dryburgh, Nos. 234, 235, 237, 241, 242, etc. 



