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
[Illustration: FIG. 50.--Kirkapoll, Tiree. Doorway.]
rudely arched with slates, and having a small Latin cross on its south
side. In south wall a round-headed door and two round-headed
[Illustration: FIG. 51.--Kirkapoll, Tiree. Window.]
windows, with great splay internally (Fig. 51); the north elevation
blank.[96]
On a neighbouring hillock there is another chapel, internally 23 feet 5
inches long, with walls and gables entire. The windows are round-headed,
one in north wall and one in south, and doorway in south wall; east and
west walls blank.
KILCHENICH, TIREE.--Ruined chapel, 33 feet 5 inches long. Only
details--small round-headed doorway in west end.[97]
(_C_) CHURCHES WITH A CHANCEL OR NAVE ADDED TO AN OLDER STRUCTURE.
1. ST. COLUMBA, BALIVANICH, BENBECULA.
Occupying a swampy spot, formerly the bed of a lake, are remains of a
chapel probably belonging to the monks of Iona. Externally 56 feet in
length and 19 feet in width. (Fig. 52.) All the windows are flat-topped
and narrow; one in east end, three in south wall, and one in north wall.
East wall only is perfect.[98]
[Illustration: FIG. 52.--St. Columba, Balivanich. Plan.]
Was built in a remote age. The mortar is washed out of the joints. The
only door is at north end, with inclined jambs, and so low as to require
stooping position on entrance; 4 feet 7 inches high; covered with
undressed lintel. Little rectangular windows like portholes. Chancel 14
feet long by 15 feet broad; nave 33½ feet long and 14¼ feet broad. East
wall 5 feet thick; east window 2¾ feet by 6 inches wide, greatly splayed
at sides inside. Chancel walls--2 feet 2 inches thick--do not bond into
nave. Nave window in north wall 14 inches by 7 inches. South wall
windows--east one 10 inches square, the other 14 inches by 8 inches.
Chancel probably added by Lady Amy end of fourteenth century.[99]
2. EILEAN MOR.
A small island lying off the Knapdale coast. “A little way up from the
landing-place stands the half-roofless, though in other respects
scarcely at all ruinated, shell of ‘Kilvicoharmaig, the Mother Church of
Knapdale,’ surrounded by an open and nearly obliterated burying-ground.
Its external plan (Fig. 53) is a simple oblong, measuring 37 feet 5
inches in length and 20 feet in width. Internally the building is
divided into chancel and nave, the division being a gabled wall open by
a semi-circular arch composed of long thin slates. An apartment, which
was probably a comparatively modern contrivance, appears to have gone
over the nave, as there is a fireplace and chimney in the upper part of
the west wall, not bearing marks of antiquity.
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