Tours in Scotland 1747, 1750, 1760 . 4 feet high ; as I havecommonlv found these towers to beseven Diameters in height : Thereare about seventy tiers of stone tothe top, nine of which are from thestep to the door, so if there werethree steps, that makes twelve. Thedoor is finished with a projectingdoor case round it and a true arch,the four windows at toj) in the samestyle with an Architrave at the springof the arch. There are three verysmall windows between that and thedoor, each of them liirhtinii twostories, 7 stories in all. The floorsextend to rather more than threequarters of the circle,
Tours in Scotland 1747, 1750, 1760 . 4 feet high ; as I havecommonlv found these towers to beseven Diameters in height : Thereare about seventy tiers of stone tothe top, nine of which are from thestep to the door, so if there werethree steps, that makes twelve. Thedoor is finished with a projectingdoor case round it and a true arch,the four windows at toj) in the samestyle with an Architrave at the springof the arch. There are three verysmall windows between that and thedoor, each of them liirhtinii twostories, 7 stories in all. The floorsextend to rather more than threequarters of the circle, the rope ofthe bell coming down by the open ^^j*space, and they ascend by la(lder>There is an Architrave round the ihe KoiindTowcrat but tiiere is no sign of any pointed pyramidal top : It is offine hewn stone and excellent workmanship : I think there is 1 Figured in Gordons Itinerarium Sept., 1727, PI. 62, p. 164; Muirs Noteson Remains of EccUs. Arch., 1855 ; Andersons Scotland in Faily ChristianTimes, 1881, p. 262 TOUR THROUGH SCOTLAND, 1760. no manner of Doubt but tliis tower was built in honour of , notwitlistandin- tlie tradition mentioned imder therecords of Perth. A drawing of it is seen on page 261. One of tlie name of ]\Ioncrieft^ was some years ago Ministerliere, dejirivcd on account of liis Doctrine, Heterodox Tenets,and became with four more the Heads of the Seceders; lielives at a Aillage to the North near the river and has formeda sort of uniA ersity for educating young men for their Congre-gation, I was told there were about twenty who boarded hereand at that Nillage witli tlie farmers, for two shillings a weekand attend his lectures : It is a very poor ^ illage at present:there is a Seceding IVIeeting house here. I came to Mrs. Haies\shouse at ]Mugrum near the west end of Newbrough.—I am, &c. .ITElt TJI. St. Andrews, .,^«^«j/M^ 30///, 1760. Dkar Sister,—On the 29tli I went to see near Mugrum a largestone set up on end ab
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