[150] The sketch is a very slight and hurried one, and is not at
all finished in detail; but it is enough, when taken with the other
drawings, to enable a fair idea to be formed of the completed church.
The tower has had a clock dial, placed so as to conceal the south
windows. The traceried windows of the south aisle of the nave are
indicated, along with the lintelled doorway and a raised window, which
may have been over an outside stair in connection with a gallery. The
east window of the aisle is shown built up, with a square shuttered
window inserted where the mullions formerly were, and the small window
above has been enlarged for light to the gallery. The view of the
chancel is particularly interesting, this part of the church having now
almost disappeared. In the choir a mullioned window of three lights
is shown above the sedilia, and a small door is knocked through the
latter. The east end is shown lighted by three simple lancet windows.
[151] We are greatly indebted to the Rev. Mr. Thomson, Dunning, for
assistance in regard to this church.
[152] _Celtic Scotland_, Vol. II., pp. 389-92.
[153] Page 28.
[154] First Volume, p. 462.
[155] We have to thank Sir Henry Dryden for liberty to use the measured
drawings of St. Margaret’s Chapel, made by him in 1866.
[156] Introduction to _Registrum de Dunfermlyn_, p. 25.
[157] Introduction to _Registrum de Dunfermlyn_, p. 25.
[158] _Ibid._ p. 25.
[159] _Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland_, Vol.
V. p. 522.
[160] See _Annals of Dunfermline_, by the Rev. Ebenezer Henderson, p.
211.
[161] _Annals of Dunfermline_, p. 205.
[162] _Ibid._ p. 342.
[163] We are indebted for the loan of this Plan, drawn by Mr.
Henderson, to Mr. Robertson, Dunfermline, custodier of the buildings.
[164] Tytler, _History of Scotland_, Vol. I., year
1303-4.
[165] _Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland_, Vol.
I., p. 514.
[166] We have to thank Sir Henry Dryden for permission to use the
ground plan and other drawings and descriptions relating to St. Magnus,
published in the transactions of the Architectural Institute of
Scotland, 1858-61.
[167] We have to express our indebtedness to the late Mr. Robert
Matheson, Architect, Edinburgh, for the foregoing sections and
elevation and the plan of the triforium, with which he was good enough
to supply us so long ago as 1866.
[168] See _Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland_, Vol.
I. p. 519.
[169] See the _Orkneyinga Saga_, Introduction by Dr. J. Anderson.
[170] _Statistical Account._
[171] _Early Christian Symbolism_, p. 255.
[172] _Illustrations of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff_, _Spalding
Club_, p. 692.
[173] The churches of Berwickshire have been very fully treated by Mr.
J. Ferguson, Duns, in a paper reprinted from the _Transactions of the
Berwickshire Naturalists’ Club_, 1890. We are much indebted to Mr.
Ferguson and Mr. George Fortune, architect, Duns, for assistance in
regard to these churches.
[174] _Characteristics_, p. 12.
[175] This illustration is from a drawing by Mr. John Dickson,
solicitor, Banff, lent by Mr. Ferguson.
[176] Vol. III., p. 298.
[177] _Caledonia_, Vol. II. p. 393.
[178] _Celtic Scotland_, Vol. II. p. 223.
[179] _Caledonia_, Vol. I., p. 954.
[180] _Origines Parochiales_, Vol. I.
[181] _Caledonia_ (Linlithgowshire), p. 866, and _Transactions of
Antiquarian Society, Edinburgh_, First Vol. (1792), p. 150-5.
[182] Morton’s _Annals of Teviotdale_.
[183] _Robb’s Guide to Haddington_, p. 44.
[184] In connection with this church, we have to thank Mr. James Reid,
jun., Peterhead, for his ready assistance.
[185] _Transactions of the Buchan Field Club_, by James Aiken,
Peterhead. 1889.
[186] We are greatly indebted to Mr. George Gray, Town Clerk of
Rutherglen, for assistance in connection with the notice of this church.
[187] _The Pre-Reformation Churches of Berwickshire_, pp. 7 and 38.
[188] To whom we are indebted for the Plan.
[189] _Caledonia_, Vol. II. p. 529.
[190] M‘Kerlic’s _Galloway_, Vol. V., p. 68.
[191] The particulars of the history of Kinloss Abbey are extracted
from the “Records of the Monastery,” by Dr. John Stewart.
[192] These are beautifully illustrated by the late James Drummond,
R.S.A., in his _West Highland Monuments_.
[193] Extracts from the “Council Register of the Burgh of Aberdeen”
(Spalding Club, p. 94.)
[194] There are scanty, but distinct, traces of two churches on St.
Abb’s Head, about three miles north from Coldingham. They are situated
about half a mile apart, one to the west of the promontory and the
other to the south-east, and both stand on high cliffs overlooking the
sea.
The one to the south-east, called St. Abb’s Chapel, (1) is situated
in the centre of a churchyard, all the remaining tombstones of which
were thrown into the sea during some law proceedings regarding the
right of access by the public to St. Abb’s Head. At the time Carr wrote
his _History of Coldingham Priory_ (published 1836), the walls of the
church were standing to a height of some three or four feet; now only
the grass-covered foundations remain. These indicate a chancelled
building, the outside dimensions of which are:--length of chancel from
east to west about 21 feet, width
[Illustration]
about 24 feet; length of nave 56 feet by 30 feet in width. The chancel
is full of rubbish, especially at the place where the arch is usually
situated; but it is not unlikely that by digging here some remains
might be found sufficient to indicate the style and period of the
building. From Carr’s description it appears to have been a Norman
building, as he speaks of a “small Saxon arch” (the term frequently
used by writers about the beginning of the century for a Norman arch)
as visible in his time (p. 243).
The other chapel at St. Abb’s Head (2) is in very much the same state
as the one just described, except that more of the masonry is visible.
It measures, on the inside, about 69 feet long by 22 feet wide,
with walls about 4 feet thick. In the centre of the west wall there
is a recess, about 6 feet long by 2 feet 6 inches wide; and at the
north-east corner there is a notch about 9 feet square, cut out of the
chapel, as it were, forming, to all appearance, a chancel, narrower
than the nave on one side instead of in the centre. The remains are
very scanty.
[195] _Caledonia._
[196] Morton’s _Monastic Annals of Teviotdale_.
[197] We are indebted to Mr. Robert B. Armstrong, F.S.A., for the use
of drawings, and to Major W. Bruce Armstrong for some interesting notes.
[198] Original birth brief in the possession of the Comte de Bruce from
Charles I., dated 13th July 1633, to Adam Bruce, younger son of Anthony
Bruce of Waltoun, ancestor of the Comte de Bruce, deducing his descent,
through the families of Bruce of Waltoun, Lethbertschielles, and Airth,
from the house of Clackmannan, in which it is stated that Alexander
Bruce of Airth was legitimate son of Sir Robert Bruce of Clackmannan.
[199] _Collegiate Churches of Mid-Lothian_, by D. Laing, p. cxx.
[200] Chart, Newbotle, 159. _Caledonia_, Vol. ii., p. 888.
[201] _Ibid._