Sixth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Berwick . Fig. 17.—Dovecot, Chirnside (No. 42) To face p. 22. Ancient and Historical Monuments—County of PlO. 18.—Cockburnspath Church : Tower (No. 45). To face p. 23. inventory of monuments, etc., in county of berwick. 23 Parish of Cockburnspath. the wall immediately above the exterior of the south-eastern doorwayis the pointed arch-head of a two-light window containing tracery ofthe cusped geometrical type within a moulded label. The detailsindicate that a church existed on the present site in the 14thand 15
Sixth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Berwick . Fig. 17.—Dovecot, Chirnside (No. 42) To face p. 22. Ancient and Historical Monuments—County of PlO. 18.—Cockburnspath Church : Tower (No. 45). To face p. 23. inventory of monuments, etc., in county of berwick. 23 Parish of Cockburnspath. the wall immediately above the exterior of the south-eastern doorwayis the pointed arch-head of a two-light window containing tracery ofthe cusped geometrical type within a moulded label. The detailsindicate that a church existed on the present site in the 14thand 15 th centuries, which in its turn probably succeeded a stillearlier building. The tower (fig. 18), situated in the middle of thewest gable, is the most interesting feature now remaining. Itmeasures some 9 feet in diameter within walls averaging 1 foot6 inches in thickness, and contains a wheel-staircase of stone. Thetotal height measured from the level of the church floor to the uppercoping is about 30 feet. It is divided into two unequal stages by astring-course a few feet above the apex level of the church roof. Thelower stage is lighted by two narrow rectangular windows, while t
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