A residence in Jutland, the Danish isles and Copenhagen . rsected by a succession ofravines rugged and wild—one, termed the Devils drive continues—more sylvan, more pass a second beacon, and, turning a few yardsoff the road, drive up to the little cemetery, wherein,shaded by an ancient gnarled ash, growth of centu-ries, stands the church of 0ster Lars, largest of theround churches of Bornholm. Around the top of thebuilding runs a line of pigeon-holes. The tower itself issupported by buttresses of immense strength; we mountedto its summit. A narrow gallery runs round wi
A residence in Jutland, the Danish isles and Copenhagen . rsected by a succession ofravines rugged and wild—one, termed the Devils drive continues—more sylvan, more pass a second beacon, and, turning a few yardsoff the road, drive up to the little cemetery, wherein,shaded by an ancient gnarled ash, growth of centu-ries, stands the church of 0ster Lars, largest of theround churches of Bornholm. Around the top of thebuilding runs a line of pigeon-holes. The tower itself issupported by buttresses of immense strength; we mountedto its summit. A narrow gallery runs round within theoutside walls, pierced by the above-mentioned pigeon-holes. Then comes a second wall, stronger, if anything,than the first, with loopholes, like in the church of Ole ;and witliin again a third wall, defended in a similar man-ner, though when once driven within for protection therecould be no possible outlet. The same arrangement isfound in the second story below. The earlier Christianinhabitants of the island, pirates and sea-robbers, lovers. Chap. LIII. KUNIC STONES. 349 of booty, but at tbe same time anxious for the futuresafety of their souls, killed two birds with one stone—they founded churches and prayed to the saints. Thechurch itself differs from the two preceding ones, whichare supported by one solid pillar; here the centre isopen and supported by six round arches. A broad crossspans the round-arch dome, resting on simple arrangement is similar, on a smaller scale, tothat of the Temple de Lanlefif, in the neighbourhood ofSt. Brieuc, in Brittany. Unfortunately, these roundchurches are so defaced by galleries, pews, &c., it isdifficult to judge of their proportions ; and the aj)sehere, which with the exterior is of fine old Normanwork, is so bedaubed with whitewash as entirely toobscure the carvings with which it is decorated. At the entrance without stands a Emiic stone, dugout some years since from the bridge of the DevilsCreek,—dating from
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