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The basement is vaulted throughout. Miss Coulson
the owner, a venerable lady of 90, received me most
kindly, showed me a beautiful miniature by Cosway,
some fine old tapestry hangings & other treasures.
She also could recall vividly the life at Houndwood
in the first half of the 19th century before the coming
of the railways. She was quite the most alert & interesting
old lady of her years I have ever met. Home
about 6.30.

21st. Augt. St. Abbs Kirk
Feeling very unwell & not fit to go far. Visited in
forenoon the remains of St. Abbs Kirk and of the
Chapel, which is supposed to mark the site of
St. Ebba’s Nunnery. The former on the summit
of a headland to the S.E. [South East] of the lighthouse on St. Abbs
is contained within a low mound formerly enclos:
:ing a graveyard. The grass covered foundations
disclosing only a small amount of masonry on the
N. [North] side of the Chancel show the remains of chancelled
building as described. (Notes p. [page] 6). The stones which for:
:merly stood in the graveyard are said to have
been thrown over the cliffs many years ago by
the farmer to remove an object for visitors crossing
his land. The chapel at St. Ebbas to the N.W [North West]
of the lighthouse presents more interest. It is

St. Ebba’s chapel
situated on a headland joined to the land
by a narrow neck and over a ridge at its
base sloping gradually seaward. In a se:

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