The ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland from the earliest Christian times to the seventeenth century; vol. 1/3MacGibbon, David
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The ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland from the earliest Christian times to the seventeenth century; vol. 1/3
MacGibbon, David
Church architecture -- Scotland
inches, and the east wall 15 feet 2 inches above the present ground. The
latter gable was about 1 foot 6 inches higher than at present, and the
west gable, of course, level with it. I did not ascertain the original
level of the floor, but it must have been at least a foot below the
present ground, so that the total height of the gables was about 16 feet
2 inches.
[Illustration: FIG. 131.--Chapel at Lybster. West End, Doorway, and
Chancel Entrance.]
In the west end (Fig. 131) is an entrance 2 feet 3 inches wide at bottom
and 1 foot 9 inches at top. The head is horizontal; the jambs are
parallel, and there is no sign of hinges for a door. The jambs are now 3
feet 11 inches high. The soffit of the head is flush between the outside
and the inside. Another entrance has been made in the south wall near
the west end, but the wall is broken here, and the form of the head is
uncertain. There is now no trace of a window, but one may have existed
in the place of this doorway.
The entrance to the chancel is 2 feet 9 inches wide at the bottom and 2
feet 1 inch at the head, which is flat, like the west entrance. The
chancel is 11 feet 3 inches east and west, by 10 feet 9 inches north and
south inside. The walls are 2 feet 4½ inches on the north and south and
2 feet 7 inches on the east. The walls are about 1 foot lower than the
north wall of the nave. This chancel has been rebuilt, probably on the
old foundation, and is used as a family burying-place.
There is no trace of an entrance or a window, but I think the wall has
been rebuilt since the disuse of the chapel, so that the original
chancel may have had a window. There is no stoup or ambry.
Planned 1871.
CHAPEL, EFFIGY, AND CROSS ON INCH KENNETH, MULL, ARGYLESHIRE.
Inch Kenneth is about half a mile across at the mouth of Loch na Keal,
on the west side of Mull.
The chapel (Fig. 132) adjoins the burial-ground, which is on the
south-east part of the island, and at 50 or 60 feet above the water.
[Illustration: FIG. 132.--Chapel on Inch Kenneth. View from North-East.]
The ground falls sharply from the north-east to the south-west. The
burial-ground is on the west of the chapel, and on higher ground. There
is an enclosed burial-place adjoining the south side of the chapel for
the Macleans of Brolas.
The chapel (Fig. 133) is a plain parallelogram, 40 feet 9 inches east
and west by 19 feet 8 inches north and south inside. It is deflected 10
[Illustration: FIG. 133.--Chapel on Inch Kenneth. Plan.]
[Illustration: FIG. 134.--Chapel on Inch Kenneth. Section and North
Elevation.]
degrees 30 minutes to the north of true east, assuming the magnetic
meridian to be 21 degrees west of true north.
It is of a light-coloured hard sandstone. It has long been unroofed, and
is mutilated in other parts.
[Illustration: FIG. 135.--Chapel on Inch Kenneth. Details of Doorway.]
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