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| Blantyre Priory (Continued) | 011.07 | [continued from page 13] the ground on the outside - the west, of the ruin. This arch is not seen until upon the side the rocks stand. It is entered from the rock side of the ruins. The space between the arch & the north & south walls it is within, is solid masonry, but it is not seen from the outside being, like other parts of the building, covered by grass. The height of this arch above the ground, on the side where it is entered, is not above five feet. The other sides, around it, are on a level with the top. The east wall of the ruins is built exactly on the edge of a steep rock. The rocks are too perpendicular to shew — longer & steeper, than shown on the Trace. There is a wall on the south, west, & part of the north which appears to have enclosed the Courtyard. It is not more than the ordinary thickness of walls of the present day. The walls which stand above the level of the ground are shewn in a firm thick line. Those level with the surface & beneath it, (shewing the foundations,) are shewn in a dotted line. Much of the ruins was demolished & carted away about 18 years ago by the Farmer of Craigknowe. The proprietor, the Right Honbl. [Honourable] Charles, Lord Blantyre, prevented it as soon as it was known - |
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