Sixth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Berwick . Kirk of Steill for the building of which sums are specified in the royal accountsfrom 1500 to 1513. The older part of the tower is of three floors, each vaulted. Thereis no access from the church to the basement or from the basementto the first floor, which is reached by a wheel-stair from the church,and has a small window looking into it. In the third floor there isa fireplace. These details suggest that, like various church towersin northern England, that of Ladykirk was constructed with a viewto defence. Th
Sixth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Berwick . Kirk of Steill for the building of which sums are specified in the royal accountsfrom 1500 to 1513. The older part of the tower is of three floors, each vaulted. Thereis no access from the church to the basement or from the basementto the first floor, which is reached by a wheel-stair from the church,and has a small window looking into it. In the third floor there isa fireplace. These details suggest that, like various church towersin northern England, that of Ladykirk was constructed with a viewto defence. The upper part is said to be the work of the elder Adamabout the year 1743. See Eccles. Arch., Hi. p. 218 (plan and illus.); Ber. Nat. Club, 1890-91, p. 133 (plan and illus.); ibid., p. 304 ; Accounts of the Lord HighTreasurer of Scotland) Eccles. Soc, 1914-15. , Ber., xxiii. NE. and xxiv. NW. Visited 21st April 1913. Defensive Construction. 192. Fort, Fair Field, Ladykirk.—At the south side of the FairField, about \ mile east of Ladykirk Church and at the top of the mv?,-. 200 fEcy Fig. 93. -Fort, Fairfield, Ladykirk (No. 192). Blount Bank, on the north side of the Tweed, is a circular mound(fig. 93) with an elevation at highest of some 8 feet 6 inches and asummit measurement of about 162 feet by 144 feet. On the west,where the ground on the outside is higher, there is a shallow trench,crowning the scarp of which is a low bank about 2 feet high. Theentrance has been from the , Ber., xxiii. NE. and xxiv. NW. Visited 22nd October 1908. Miscellaneous. 193. St Annes Well, Ladykirk.—A well dedicated to St Anne issaid to be here. It is unnoted on the map, but the following place-names to the east of Ladykirk are significant,— Holywell Haugh,*Holywell Shiel. See Antiquaries, xvii. p. 186. , Ber., xxiii. NE. and xxiv. NW. * Holywell Haugh was the meeting-place of the competitors for the ScottishCrown with Edward I. of England in 1291. 102 historic
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