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
built on the ruins of a brough or other ancient building. The dedication
is unknown. The church consisted of a nave (Fig. 115) about 13 feet 9
inches by 12 feet, and a chancel about 10 feet by 7 feet inside. The
walls were about 2 feet 9 inches thick. The chancel arch was equal in
width to the chancel. About 2 feet in height of the north wall of the
nave and of the north wall of the chancel remains, and traces of the
rest sufficient to approximate to the size. The entrance was probably in
the west end. The chancel inside equals in length the diagonal of the
square of the width.
Plan by Mr. J. T. Irvine, 1863.
MEAL COLVIDALE, UNST.
This is in the south-east part of the island, in a yard about 112 feet
east and west by 85 feet north and south. (Fig. 116.) The dedication is
unknown. The nave is about 12 feet by 11 feet inside; the chancel 7 feet
9 inches by 7 feet 6 inches inside; and the walls 3 feet thick.
[Illustration: FIG. 116.--Meal Colvidale. Plan.]
About 2 feet in height of the north wall of the nave, and about the same
of the north wall of the chancel, and a fragment of the interior face of
the south wall of the chancel remain. Traces indicate the outline. The
nave is very short. The chancel arch was equal in width to the chancel.
The door was probably in the west end.
Plan by Mr. J. T. Irvine in 1863.
ST. JOHN’S KIRK, NORWICK, UNST.
This is in the north-east part of the island, on the south side of a
bay. It is dedicated to St. John.
It consists of nave (Fig. 117), about 26 feet 6 inches and 13 feet 6
inches inside, and chancel about 16 feet by 8 feet 8 inches. The walls
are 2 feet 4 inches thick. Only about 2 feet in height of the central
portion remains, that is about 12 feet 6 inches of the east part of the
nave, and about 10 feet of the west part of the chancel. The chancel
arch was equal in width to the chancel. The doorway was probably in the
west end.
In the churchyard are several crosses and coped coffins of rude
construction. Some also at Sandwick, Unst. The nave equal in length
[Illustration: FIG. 117.--St. John’s Kirk, Norwick. Plan.]
inside to double its width. Chancel equal inside to vesica piscis.
Plan by Mr. J. T. Irvine in 1863.
When Low visited it, it was nearly entire, and the altar remained.
CHURCH AT UYA.
The island of Uya, or Uyea, is not more than 2½ miles by 1 mile across.
It lies to the west of Unst. The ruin is near the east shore. The
dedication is unknown.
[Illustration: FIG. 118.--Church at Uya. Plan, South Elevation, &c.]
It consists of a nave and a building like a chancel to the west of the
nave (Fig. 118), and lies true east and west.
About 7 feet 6 inches high on an average of the side walls remain. The
material is the grey whinstone of the island, and the blocks from 4 feet
by 1 foot by 1 foot downwards.
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