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. 72.--Chapel near Shore of Head of Holland. Plan.]
15 feet 4 inches north and south inside. The north and south walls are 2
feet 6 inches thick, and east and west ends 3 feet 3 inches, and are of
the red sandstone of the locality. There was a door in the south wall.
Planned in 1870. (Fig. 72.)
HALCRO CHAPEL, SOUTH RONALDSHAY.
This is now wholly destroyed, and even the foundations taken out, but
the measures were obtained by Mr. G. Petrie so soon after the removal of
the latter that the thickness of the walls could be accurately
determined.
It was a parallelogram, 21 feet by 14 feet inside. The walls were 2 feet
6 inches thick. The place of the doorway was not ascertained. Planned in
1870. (Fig. 73.)
[Illustration: FIG. 73.--Halcro Chapel, in South Parish, Ronaldshay.
Plan.]
ST. TREDWELL’S CHAPEL, PAPA WESTRAY.
This chapel is situated on a little holm in a fresh water loch on the
east side of Papa Westray. (Fig. 74.) It appears probable that a Pict’s
[Illustration: FIG. 74.--St. Tredwell’s Chapel. Plan and Section.]
house was constructed on this holm, and that the chapel was built on its
ruins. This St. Tredwell is the same as St. Triduana, whose day in the
Roman calendar is October 8th. She is not mentioned by Alban Butler. The
chapel was much frequented in its day, and many benefits were said to
[Illustration: FIG. 75.--St. Tredwell’s Chapel. Plan and Elevations.]
be obtained from the Saint by her devotees. It is a plain parallelogram
(Fig. 75), 20 feet 3 inches east and west by 13 feet 10 inches north and
south inside, and stands west by south and east by north. There is a
narrow doorway near the west end of the south side. Only the lower
portions of the walls remain, except at north-west angle, which measures
8 feet high; but here we have, as usual, the unfortunate information
that within memory the east gable and south wall were standing. The
thickness of the wall on the north is 3 feet 11 inches; east, 4 feet 2
inches; south, 4 feet 3 inches; and west, 4 feet 9 inches. It is stated
that there was a window in the east end, and that the doorway was flat
headed. No trace of a window remains, and only about 3 feet 6 inches of
the door jambs remain. These have a rebate into which a door is fitted,
but whether in a wooden frame or not cannot be ascertained. The original
floor appears to have been 10 feet above water level.
There is no means of assigning a date to the building, but the
difference in the thickness of the walls makes it possible that it has
been altered since its first erection. Planned 1870.
CHURCH AT SWENDRO, ROUSAY.
This is in a graveyard, close to the west shore of Rousay, about a mile
north of Westness. It consists of a long parallelogram, and, but for a
stoup near the door, and apparently an ambry near the east end, might be
taken for a post-Reformation building. It has been used till within
memory. It stands about east and west. (Fig. 76.) It is 52 feet 11
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