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crosses, on one of wliicli is a rude representation 
of Christ on the cross. Within the church is a 
curious coffin -shaped monument, round the edge 
of which is an inscription in Norman French to 
" Clarice, the wife of Geoffrey de Bolleit," ending 
with the promise of ten days' pardon for all who 
pray for the lady's soul. This monument is the 
more remarkable, as all vestiges of gentle resi- 
dences have long since passed away, and only a 
few poor cottages remain to mark the site of what 
once was a place of note. 
The view from the church is wild in the extreme. 
Standing on the summit of the old tower, the eye 
roams over tracts of barren land golden with 
furze ; huge upright stone pillars lie scattered 
here and there in the fields around — wondrous 
monuments of the past, when the dark belief of 
the Druids held sway in the land. Beneath is the 
emblem of the crucified Saviour, at whose coming 
the mists of unbelief faded away ; in the dis- 
tance, shining far round, is the wide expanse 
of the Atlantic Ocean, with the islands of 
