. The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland. ii8 THE BARONIAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL Dalmeny Church. , HE small village of Dalmeny stands a short distance westwardof the great north road from Edinburgh, where itapproaches Queensferry. Unlike other Scottish villageswhich generally consist of a narrow and filthy street, wherethe dwellings are as densely crowded together as if theywere in the centre of a city, the few houses of which;ny consists are separated by a broad green, and they have aairy, healthy appearance. Abundance of woodland, scatteredover picturesque broken ground, is in
. The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland. ii8 THE BARONIAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL Dalmeny Church. , HE small village of Dalmeny stands a short distance westwardof the great north road from Edinburgh, where itapproaches Queensferry. Unlike other Scottish villageswhich generally consist of a narrow and filthy street, wherethe dwellings are as densely crowded together as if theywere in the centre of a city, the few houses of which;ny consists are separated by a broad green, and they have aairy, healthy appearance. Abundance of woodland, scatteredover picturesque broken ground, is in its close vicinity, and occasionalglimpses may be had of the scenery of the Firth of Forth and thedistant ranges of hills. In this quiet and pleasant spot, stands, almost entire,one of the most truly venerable and interesting specimens of ecclesiasticalarchitecture of which Scotland can boast. Dalmeny church is in the purestNorman style. It is a simple quadrangular edifice without tower, aisles, ortransepts, although an unadorned projection on the north side may possiblyhave been added as the commencement
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