RATHAN CHURCH, ABERDEENSHIRE.

A ruinous building situated about three miles south from Fraserburgh,

and standing in an old churchyard. The east end has entirely

disappeared, and only a small part of the north wall remains (Fig.

1586). What

[Illustration: FIG. 1586.--Rathan Church. Plan.]

survives of the south wall of the nave is 49 feet long, but it doubtless

considerably exceeded that length; the interior width is 21 feet. A

south aisle is entire, but roofless. It enters from the nave by a plain

round-arched opening (Fig. 1587) 8 feet 8 inches wide, and the outside

dimensions of the aisle are 35 feet long by 20 feet 8 inches wide.

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