OS1/34/55/33
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Remains of HOSPITAL [continued] | 005 | [Continued from page 32] which is joined to the W. [West] end of the tower Stands on the site of the nave - there is no appearance of a moat having existed here except a small stream on three sides may be evidence of such, and Mr Duns considers there never was one as the ground is perfectly flat, nor is there such a name now Known as the Knights Garden, It is conjectured that that the enclosement, of the Church was the garden attached to the Preceptory as more than half a century. ago, there were Some very old fruit trees standing, but they have entirely disappeared, W. [West] of the Church in the grave Yard stands a short pillar with a Cross rudely Carved on the top which is called a Refuge Stone - The Sanctuary that appertained to the Preceptory for the protection of criminals was measured from this stone, it being the Central One, And extended a mile all round & four other Stones marked with the Maltese Cross were placed E. W. N. & S. [East West North & South] a mile from the Central Stone, each way - Three of them still occupy the positions they originally were placed it, but the One on the South Cannot be Seen, it is supposed to have sunk below the surface, I made every Search for it where Mr Duns pointed out but Could not discover it -. The Preceptory, or what remains of it is preserved from further decay by its being roofed and otherwise repaired by Lord Torphichen [Continued on page 34] |
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