On a hill on the opposite side of the River Annan from the town of
Moffat stand the small remains of St. Cuthbert’s Church.
The building is believed to have been originally erected by the Knights
Templars, who had considerable possessions in this locality. All that
now remains of the structure is a portion of what appears to have been
the west wall, containing parts of a pointed window (Fig. 1371), which
has been divided into three lights by two mullions, one of which, and
one arch and half of another, only remain. The three lights had sharply
pointed openings, and the principal arch had two splays on its ingoing.
The design might belong to almost any period of Gothic, but the form
adopted was common in late work.
The east wall of the church appears to have been made available as part
of a farmhouse, and its features are quite obliterated. Considerable
foundations of other structures are observable in the grassy mounds
scattered around.
[Illustration: FIG. 1371.--St. Cuthbert’s, Moffat.]