OS1/25/20/85
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLOISTERS (Ruins of) [Culross Abbey] | Cloisters Ruins of Cloisters Ruins of |
William Stephen Esqr. Culross Mr. Christie Schoolmaster Culross |
142 | [Situation] Adjoining the South end of the parish Manse This ruin is generally believed to have been a part of the buildings of the Abbey which was called the Cloisters it is now a perfect ruin consisting of a number of vaulted apartments with lofty groined arches of elequant workmanship but now much delapidated what the original height of the building had been cannot now be known but it is at present about 12 or 14 feet high and quite flat or level on top which is grown all over with Shrubs of various Kinds which was apparently planted for ornament to which soil or earth was carried for their support. A Stone Staircase leads from the interior of one of the arches to the area on top of the ruin. - See Descriptive Bks. [Books] and extracts for Culross Abbey (Remains of) |
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[Page] 85Parish of Culross -- Sheet 142 No. 4 Trace 6
[Pencil note]
Although the above is only the remains of the Cloisters
yet as it is shewn on trace as if it were roofed, ruins of, will
best express the condition of the building thous, remains of.
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