Old Glasgow: the place and the people, from the Roman occupation to the eighteenth century . rch at Glasgow was of stone, the probability is thatit was similar in form to those interesting erections combining churchand cell, of which examples known to have been constructed at thatvery time still remain in Ireland, and of which another example existsin the little island of Inchcolm, in the Firth of Forth. The latter isdescribed in Dr. Wilsons Prehistoric Annals as an irregular quad- rangle, measuring externally only 21^ feet in greatest length. Inter- nally it is little more than 6 feet in brea
Old Glasgow: the place and the people, from the Roman occupation to the eighteenth century . rch at Glasgow was of stone, the probability is thatit was similar in form to those interesting erections combining churchand cell, of which examples known to have been constructed at thatvery time still remain in Ireland, and of which another example existsin the little island of Inchcolm, in the Firth of Forth. The latter isdescribed in Dr. Wilsons Prehistoric Annals as an irregular quad- rangle, measuring externally only 21^ feet in greatest length. Inter- nally it is little more than 6 feet in breadth at the cast end, whereprobably the stone altar table stood under its small window; while ^ The Poem of Flann, preserved in the Book of Lccan, fol. 44. - Eccles. Arch. Ireland, p. 138. First ChurcJi at Glasp-ow. 17 it diminishes to 4 feet 9 inches at the west end. The vaulted ceil- ing is constructed of rude masonry, with a triangular wedge for the key-stone; and over this it is roofed with square stones laid in regularcourses.^ Dr. Petrie was of opinion that this was one of the cells. belonging to the period of Columba, erected in all probability by oneof Columbas disciples who had made his way from lona to the easternterritories of the Picts. The first church or oratory at Glasgow may have been constructedin the same way. Such as they were, these early erections—the churchand the adjoining dwelling-places—were the origin of the city ofGlasgow. THE BELL AND THE MIRACLES. It is not within my purpose to write the life of Kentigern, or todetail all the stories of his acts and miracles as related by his historianJocelin. But familiar as we all are with the devices or emblems onour city arms—the tree, the bird, the fish, and the bell—it will notbe out of place to notice here the legends which relate to these. 1 Prehistoric Annals, vol. ii. p. 370. I am indebted to the courtesy of the publishers, & Co., for the illustration. See also Proceedings of the So
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