[Illustration: FIG. 922.--St. Bridget’s or St. Bride’s Church. Monument in South-West Angle of Choir.] As already mentioned, the outer wall has been extended so as to give width for the tomb. The arch of the canopy is flat and low, so that the space is dark at the back. The label is enriched with crockets, which run up into a foliaged finial of late character (Fig. 921). Over this a shield, bearing the Douglas Arms, surmounted by a helmet with a peacock for crest, and covered with a small enriched string course, is inserted in the wall. In a niche in the wall on either side of the shield there have been “wild men” as supporters, but one of these has been removed. This monument is evidently of a later date than those on the north side, and is inferior in design and execution, as might be expected from its date. To the west of the above monument, and in the extreme south-west angle of the church, there lies an effigy (Fig. 922) of beautiful workmanship and of an early date. It is apparently a female figure, the arms and head of which are damaged. The feet rest upon a bunch of foliage of first pointed design, greatly worn away. Such a footing for the effigy of a monument is rare in Scotland. In the east wall two circular headed recesses occur under the large window, which may have been credence niches. [Illustration: FIG. 923.--St. Bridget’s or St. Bride’s Church. Norman Fragments.] In the south wall near the east end there is a double piscina in a recess, having a trefoiled head. The basins are round plain sinkings. The nave appears to have been a structure of the same date as the choir. The pillar between it and the south aisle seems to be of the fifteenth century. At the east end of the south aisle there is a piscina in the south wall, set in a trefoil headed recess, similar to that in the choir. The turret in the north-east angle of the nave aisle is carried to a considerable height. It is octagonal in the upper stories; and the top story, which forms the belfry, is pierced with eight small pointed windows (see Fig. 915), the mouldings round which form square frames above the arch-heads. The turret is finished with an octagonal spire of stone, and at the base of each angle of the spire there is a small stone pinnacle, now much worn away. There still survive some fragments of carved work, which bear evidence of the former existence of an ancient church in Douglas. These fragments are portions of Norman capitals, which are piled up, as shown in the sketch, (Fig. 923), in the recess of the south aisle adjoining the turret. One cap shows a face with a fierce moustache, and others are good specimens of characteristic Norman design. ST. BRIDE’S COLLEGIATE CHURCH, BOTHWELL, LANARKSHIRE. [Illustration: FIG. 924.--St. Bride’s Collegiate Church. Plan.]