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
[81] _Ibid._ p. 43.
[82] _Notes_, pp. 48 and 276.
[83] This church (Trinity) 61½ feet long; breadth, 21 feet. North wall
has a round-headed window of undressed stones at east end, 2½ feet
wide, splaying to 4½ feet inside. Arch of door obtusely pointed. On
north side a small chapel connected by round-arched porch, not bonded
into church. Entrance to chapel has inclined jambs. Chapel 23 feet
long by 13½ feet broad inside; walls 2½ feet thick. In east wall small
rectangular window, and an ambry on each side of window. Similar window
in south wall. Small chapel, believed to be very ancient. Chapel of
Carinish probably rebuilt by Amy M‘Ruari about 1390.--Captain Thomas,
_Archæologia Scot._, Vol. V. p. 226.
[84] _Notes_, pp. 11 and 264.
[85] _Notes_, p. 23.
[86] _Ibid._ p. 42.
[87] _Ibid._ p. 42.
[88] _Ibid._ p. 44.
[89] _Ibid._ p. 44.
[90] _Ibid._ p. 278.
[91] _Notes_, p. 61.
[92] _Ibid._ p. 269.
[93] _Ibid._ p. 270.
[94] _Notes_, p. 180.
[95] _Ibid._ p. 192.
[96] Dr. J. Anderson regards this as a church mentioned in a document by
Pope Gregory XI., of date 20th September 1375.--_Scotland in Early
Christian Times._
[97] _Notes_, p. 30.
[98] _Ibid._ pp. 49, 278; _Characteristics_, p. 226.
[99] Teampull Chalumchille, Captain Thomas, _Archæologia_, Vol.
V. p. 239.
[100] _Characteristics_, p. 132, and _Notes_, p. 200.
[101] _Notes_, p. 39.
[102] _Characteristics_, p. 50.
[103] _Ibid._ p. 51.
[104] _Notes_, p. 107. See also drawings and description of this church
by Sir Henry Dryden (below).
[105] _Notes_, p. 42.
[106] _Ibid._ p. 283.
[107] _Ibid._ pp. 10, 262.
[108] _Notes_, p. 13.
[109] _Ibid._ p. 13.
[110] _Ibid._ p. 14.
[111] _Ibid._ p. 15.
[112] _Notes_, p. 8.
[113] _Notes_, p. 55.
[114] _Ibid._ p. 25.
[115] _Ibid._ p. 26.
[116] _Ibid._ p. 28. See also illustrations and description of this
church by Sir Henry Dryden (below).
[117] _Ibid._ p. 38.
[118] _Characteristics_, p. 51.
[119] _Ibid._ p. 55.
[120] _Notes_, p. 43.
[121] _Ibid._ p. 109.
[122] See account of doorway in chapel on Brough of Birsay for notice
of this point.
[123] See account of doorway in chapel on Brough of Birsay for notice
of this point.
[124] See the first article on “Ancient Orcadia” in the _Orcadian_ of
... 1860.
[125] See account of Chapel on the Brough of Birsay.
[126] See account of windows in Egilsey.
[127] See observations on these entrances in notes on the Brough of
Birsay.
[128] See Petrie’s _Round Towers_, pp. 162, 181-5.
[129] Ecclesiastical Notes on the Orkneys, &c.
[130] See account of the early Bishops of Orkney by Professor Munch, in
_Bannatyne’s Miscellany_, Vol. III., 1855.
[131] See Petrie’s _Round Towers_, and Wilson’s _Prehistoric Annals_.
[132] See Petrie’s _Round Towers_.
[133] _History of Orkney_, p. 34.
[134] Britton, _Arch. Ant._, Vol. I.; North, _Arch.
Soc._, Part 10, 1860; Billings’ _Temple Church_.
[135] See _Scotland in Early Christian Times_, by Joseph Anderson,
LL.D., p. 62.
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