MIDDLE POINTED OR DECORATED PERIOD. Introductory remarks--Few buildings erected in fourteenth century, but many destroyed during the wars with England--A gap in Scottish architecture during fourteenth century--Building again begun in fifteenth century--Style of early part of century closely allied to the Decorated of England, but in the latter half of century the style differed from that both of France and England, and partook of features from both these countries--Style of Melrose Abbey compared with that of York Minster--Introduction of special features in Scotland, such as the Pointed Barrel Vault supporting a stone roof, and the erection of collegiate churches, 331-334 New Abbey, or Sweetheart Abbey (_Cistercian_), Kirkcudbrightshire, 334 Melrose Abbey (_Cistercian_), Roxburghshire, 344 Lincluden College, Kirkcudbrightshire, 383 Fortrose Cathedral, Ross-shire, 394 Crosraguel Abbey (_Cluniac_), Ayrshire, 402 St. Giles’ Collegiate Church, Edinburgh, 419 St. Michael’s, Linlithgow, West Lothian, 455 St. Monans’, Fifeshire, 471 Whithorn Priory (_Premonstratensian_), Wigtonshire, 479 Temple Church, Mid-Lothian, 486 St. Mary’s, Haddington, East Lothian, 491 Balmerino Abbey (_Cistercian_), Fifeshire, 505 Chapel in Rothesay Castle, Buteshire, 517 St. Bride’s, Douglas, Lanarkshire, 520 St. Bride’s College, Bothwell, Do. 531 St. Duthus’, Tain, Ross-shire, 537 Fearn Abbey (_Premonstratensian_), Do. 542 St. Peter’s, Inverkeithing, Fifeshire, 547 Aberdalgie, Monument of Sir W. Olifurd, Perthshire, 551 St. Devenic’s, Creich, Fifeshire, 554 Faslane Church, Argyleshire, 557 THE ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHITECTURE OF SCOTLAND FROM THE EARLIEST CHRISTIAN TIMES TO THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. VOLUME II. FIRST POINTED PERIOD. In the previous volume those styles of architecture in Scotland were dealt with which are directly derived from the earlier styles of Celtic and Roman or Romanesque art, and it was shown, in the examples of the Transition style, that the old forms were passing away and new forms were being introduced.