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Parish of St Andrews Sheet 2 Trace 2

by upwards of one hundred win [windows] The interior of the building was filled w [with] stones and rubbish till about the year 18[--] at which time it was cleared by order of the Commissioners of Woods & Forests, which caused the floor and basements of the pillars to be laid open. At that time three stone coffins were discovered which still remain to be Seen and is supposed to have been the burying place of three of the Prelates of St Andrews. The stone coffins are in [the ?] place where the High Altar stood. Leighton in his History of Fife says "Little as we can trace of the external gre[--] of this Ancient Cathedral, we know still less of its in internal appearance, but when we consider the number and wealth of the Prelates who successively filled the See, and who all, in one way or other attended to its decorations until the period of its final destruction, we may probably be ab [able] to form some faint idea of its magnificence and its splendid decorations

[Signed] John Early ca [Civilian Assistant]

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Continuation of Description of Cathedral
Some words are partly lost in the tight binding of right margin on this page.
Description continues further on Page 33.

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