Sixth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Berwick . FlG. 88.—Greenlaw Church : Tower from the South-west (No. 169). To face p. 93. inventory of monuments, etc., in county of berwick. 93 Parish of Gordon. measurement has been some 410 feet by 192 feet. The summit isrocky, and any signs of foundations in the interior are very indefinite. See Antiquaries, xxix. p. 144. , Ber., xx. SE. Visited 10th August 1908. Miscellaneous. 167. Inscribed Stone, Upper Huntlywood.—Let into the west gableof the row of farm cottages at Upper Huntlywood is a stone bearingin muc
Sixth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Berwick . FlG. 88.—Greenlaw Church : Tower from the South-west (No. 169). To face p. 93. inventory of monuments, etc., in county of berwick. 93 Parish of Gordon. measurement has been some 410 feet by 192 feet. The summit isrocky, and any signs of foundations in the interior are very indefinite. See Antiquaries, xxix. p. 144. , Ber., xx. SE. Visited 10th August 1908. Miscellaneous. 167. Inscribed Stone, Upper Huntlywood.—Let into the west gableof the row of farm cottages at Upper Huntlywood is a stone bearingin much decayed lettering the inscription, isobel hvm vmvh[ile] SPOVS OF A. H. OF HVTTOVN H. 1594. , Ber., xx. SE. Visited 10th August 1908. Site. 168. Gordon Castle {supposed site), near , Ber., xxvii. Station, PARISH OF GREENLAW. Ecclesiastical Structure. 169. Greenlaw Church.—This church, with its western tower, issituated within the churchyard on the rising ground to the northof the village green, and no doubt occupies the site of a pre-. FiG. 89.—Plan of Greenlaw, reduced from Armstrongs map of 1771 (No. 169). Reformation church. The main feature of interest is the tower(fig. 88), built originally as a jail in 1712, when it had on its east sidethe church, which was lengthened to join it, while on the oppositeside was raised the court-house, since removed. The relation ofthese buildings is shown in the accompanying plan (fig. 89). On 94 historical monuments (scotland) commission. Parish of this tower is rectangular, measuring some 12 feet square withinwalls averaging about 3 feet 3 inches in thickness. A centralprojection of some 5 feet from the east wall contains a wheelstaircase, giving access to the upper floors and to the parapet ground and first floor apartments are vaulted, and the former, inthe days when the building served as the jail, was known as theThieves Hole. These vaulted apartments are lighted by narrowsqua
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