. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. The Cathedral. Chapter-Ik ELGIN PAST AND PRESENT 53 (There is, however, at Restalrig, Edinburgh, a hexagonal buildingstanding detached from the church, having a centre pillar supportinga groined vault. This was St Triduans Well, its floor is some 7feet below the level of the ground. Above it there was a chapel orchapter-house, also with a groined roof. The size of the building is29 feet inside diameter. Also in that same suburb was quite a tinywell, hexagonal with centre pillar and groined roof. This well wasremoved some
. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. The Cathedral. Chapter-Ik ELGIN PAST AND PRESENT 53 (There is, however, at Restalrig, Edinburgh, a hexagonal buildingstanding detached from the church, having a centre pillar supportinga groined vault. This was St Triduans Well, its floor is some 7feet below the level of the ground. Above it there was a chapel orchapter-house, also with a groined roof. The size of the building is29 feet inside diameter. Also in that same suburb was quite a tinywell, hexagonal with centre pillar and groined roof. This well wasremoved some years ago and set up at the base of the SalisburyCrags near Holyrood. It is illustrated by Billings. Both wells areabout the same age as the Elgin Chapter-house.) The Elgin Chapter-house is 37 feet in internal diameter on theground floor ; but the walls have the peculiarity that about 8 feet abovethe floor they are corbelled out and overhang towards the the side opposite the entrance, the corbelling is carried on anarcade of five arches, enriched with Thir
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