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CHURCH (In Ruins) [Dryburgh] Church (In Ruins)
Church (In Ruins)
Church (In Ruins)
Annals of Teviotdale
Annals of Dryburg by Lord Erskine -
Mr Dod Steward Dryburgh
030.15 From an inspection of the ruins of the church, it appears not to have been wholly repaired after its destruction in 1322; and Sir David Erskine informed us, that in clearing out the [?] masses of melted lead and vitrified glass were found in the area of the church -
From the remains of the church it will be seen that it was in the form of a cross - divided, in the breadth, into three parts by two colonnaded arcades; the cross, or transeps, still standing, is called St Mary's Aisle - it is of beautiful Early English Gothic work, but the western door to the church is a fine Norman arch, highly enriched with the characteristic mouldings of that Style -

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Parish of Merton
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