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window — the square-headed trefoil. A wall forming the 

 north gable of the farm house, 4ft. thick, may have 

 belonged to the Eefectory. 



A few of the Parish Churches, such as Malew, 

 Marown, Lonan, and Maughold show portions of walls, 

 lights, &c, of the twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, and 

 fifteenth centuries. In connection with the latter Church 

 is the beautiful standing Cross at the gates (see fig. 45), 

 the only monument of its kind in the Island, evidently 

 of about fifteenth century date, and contemporary with 

 the east window, recently removed, and with some other 

 details found in the course of repairs. It is thus described 

 by the Eev. I. M. ^eale, in his Ecclesiologieal Xotes 

 (1848) — " A Third-Pointed erection, very perfect and 

 beautiful. It is raised on four square steps — the stone 

 is octagonal ; the capital is adorned with four shields — 

 one the arms of Man, one a mere wheel-tracery, the other 

 two much effaced. From this springs the real Rood, 

 bearing on its four sides our crucified Lord, our Lady 

 and the Divine Infant, St. Bridget kneeling, perhaps 

 about to take the veil, and St. Maughold." 



The ruins of two keeils of later date than those already 

 mentioned are well worth preserving. The first, on St. 

 Michael's Isle, near Langness, was in ruins in Chaloner's 

 days (1652-60). It is rectangular, 32ft. by 14ft. Sin. 

 inside ; the walls, of large and small stones, being -3ft. 

 thick. At the west end is a single bell turret. The 

 door, of which the jambs are rough blocks of limestone, 

 was on the south, and had a semi-circular head. The east 

 window, one lancet, arched ; the north has the head out ; 

 the south and west were square-headed, the latter two 

 12in. wide outside, but with a splay inside to 2ft. 10in- 

 The foundation of the stone altar may be seen under the 

 east windows. The height of the side walls is only 10 



