to the Durhams of Mollet, one of whom, with the above initials, married
Eliz. Murray. This would correspond with the initials and lower shield
on the slab (see Fig. 1254) in which the Durham and Murray arms are
impaled. The adjoining slab exhibits six shields. One of these contains
the founder’s arms (Fig. 1255), and another a curious figure arranged
saltier-wise. Nothing can be determined as to the carving on the other
shields. The remaining slab contains the arms and initials of Duncan
Forrester (Fig. 1256), possibly the son of the founder, and the Erskine
arms with the initials M. E. A consecration cross is shown (see Fig.
1253), which is carved on the north wall of the chapel.
In Fig. 1257 are shown detached portions of a niche, including the
canopy and corbel, lying on the floor. The exterior base of the church,
which is partly returned round the west side of this chapel, is shown in
Fig. 1258.
There were north and south doorways to the nave, opposite each other, in
the second bay from the west. The south one had a large porch, now
destroyed.
The tower, which is oblong in plan, measures about 31 feet from north to
south by about 22 feet from east to west, and, according to Mr. Ronalds,
it is 85 feet high to the top of the parapet, and 15 feet more to the
apex of the spirelet. It is quite evident that it has been built at two
periods. The lower part, judging from the window mouldings and what
remains of the base of the west door, is contemporary with the church,
or of early fifteenth century work. The upper part is contracted to
nearly a square of about 25 feet on Plan, there being a balcony on the
north and one on the south (see Fig. 1239). A turret stair in the
north-west corner gives access from the church to the top. This tower,
especially as seen from the west, is very picturesque, where the long
unbroken line of the stair turret contrasts beautifully with recessed
outlines of the other corner (see Fig. 1248).
This tower is amongst the best specimens of the Scottish architecture of
the sixteenth century, as applied to ecclesiastical structures.