As already mentioned, the vaulting of the slype (Fig. 630) is fairly
well preserved. It consisted of two square bays, and had plain splayed
groins springing from corbels, which have all a decidedly first pointed
character. The doorway next the cloister had a pair of nook shafts, and
the east doorway was plain. A stone bench runs along both sides of the
slype.
The chapter house has had a stone bench running round the walls, and an
arcade all round rested upon it. The shafts and bases can still be
traced. The straight staircase to the south of the chapter house no
doubt led to the dormitory, which would extend over the fratry to the
south as well as the chapter house, A room over the slype may have been
the scriptorium or library. The night passage of the monks to the church
evidently passed through that apartment, as the stair was in the
south-west angle of the transept, and could only be reached in that way.
[Illustration: FIG. 630.--Lindores Abbey. Interior of Slype.]
[Illustration: FIG. 631.--Lindores Abbey. Broken Figure lying against
West End.]
Fig. 631 shows a portion of the carved effigy of a monument which is
preserved amongst the ruins.