Tours in Scotland 1747, 1750, 1760 . te Lord, whoforfeited in 1715, and the j)resentI^rd who is a General in theArmy has been made an Earl ofIreland. This was a Bishops See butfirst a Convent of Culdees, andK. David about 1150 foundedthe See : The Cathedral is situ-ated over the glyn between theTown and Lord Penmures. TheChoir seems to be coeval withthe first foundation having nar-row Gothic single windows andsemicircular pilasters betweenthem, and one on each side ofthem lialf the way down : Hereis a round tower - like these inIreland at some distance fromthe Quire, but the body of theChurch
Tours in Scotland 1747, 1750, 1760 . te Lord, whoforfeited in 1715, and the j)resentI^rd who is a General in theArmy has been made an Earl ofIreland. This was a Bishops See butfirst a Convent of Culdees, andK. David about 1150 foundedthe See : The Cathedral is situ-ated over the glyn between theTown and Lord Penmures. TheChoir seems to be coeval withthe first foundation having nar-row Gothic single windows andsemicircular pilasters betweenthem, and one on each side ofthem lialf the way down : Hereis a round tower - like these inIreland at some distance fromthe Quire, but the body of theChurch is built to it so as tocover about a quarter of it: astep appears as a basement toit within the Church, which is only three inches and a half The Round Tower at Brechin. broad, and probably there was one if not two more : a door is Lord Panmure, Brechin Castle, now the Earl of The Brechin Tower has been frequently figured. See Gordons ItineraritimSepteiu 1727, p. 165, PI. 62; Archaologia, vol. ii. ; Pennants Tour Scot.,. 216 TOUR TIIUOUGII SCOTLAND, 1760. l)r()ke into it from the Churcli, and the first door is built up;a view of it is here seen ; two bells hang in it, and there aresix ladders to as many floors which are laid only half way overand fixed on the })rojections at every story ; the door waylighted the ground floor, and that next above; a window onthe East side lighted another floor : one above that liirhtedtwo other together with the four windows in the top door is made with a plain moulding, the Lintel is adornedat each end with Sculpture, and about the middle on each sideis a figure of a Saint: on the Crown of the Arch is a Crucifix,and there are about 80 tiers of hewn stone to the Apex, whichis an Octagon, and the Angles of the base of it project; Thereare four upright pointed windows in it, and I suppose thispyramidal part is made by the stones projecting within andcut in an inclined jilane in the same manner as the Steeple ofthe Church is,
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