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Langton Church
of the latter remains apparently used as a burial
vault. The East wall is 22 ft. [feet] across and about 8 ft. [feet]
high. Into it have been inserted two small round
-headed windows splayed externally. Built into
the west wall of the church yard is a slab now
indecipherable surmounted by a pediment
whereon is carved a shield between the letters
M. I. B. charged with a chevron between three
goats’ heads erased. Underneath is the date 1672.
The pediment is 3’.7” across the base and 2 ft. [feet] in height.
There are lying about a number of old stones with
emblems and symbols on them also numerous
slabs entirely overgrown with moss. There is a
plentiful crop of nettles and the graveyard seems
sadly neglected. The oldest legible stone is a
narrow upright slab with a double half round
moulding across the top inscribed “HIER LYS
ALEXANDER WER. 1620.” From here I found my
way passed the house, a handsome modern
structure, to the garden where I got a man to
set me on my way to Raecleugh. I asked
two men if anything remained at the site of the
chapel & by both was answered in the negative.
We passed above the glen the site of old Langton
Castle still discernible by the grass covered founda:
:tions and a couple of parallel trenches be:
:tween it and the bank to the S. [South]. Raecleugh-head

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