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CATHEDRAL (Part in Ruins) [Dunblane] Cathedral
Cathedral
Cathedral
Cathedral
Revd. [Reverend] James Ingram
Mr. Donald Stewart
Mr. Robert Christie
Statistical Account
125 Supposed to have been founded by David I in 1140. It consisted of a nave and choir, having no transepts. The oriel window of the choir is 40 feet in height, and has elegant mullions; but it was for a long time built up with coarse rubble, until 1819 when the choir was repaired. The nave is 130 feet in length, 58 in breadth and fifty in height. The main entrance is from the west, an ornamental archway, above which is a large window which has three tall lanceheaded compartments, formed by outer and inner mullions. Two rows of large columns, extending along the interior, are still entire. The tower, 128 feet in height, rises on the south side of the Cathedral and is supposed to have been erected at three successive periods. The lower part, which is Norman, is believed to have been constructed by David I; the middle part, in the plain pointed style, was added by Bishop Clement; and the upper portion by Bishop Ochiltree. The choir, being the parish church, is kept in a good state of repair; the tower, in which are the bells and a clock, has a slated roof; but all the other parts are in ruins, tho' in good preservation.
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