. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. enoriginally the priors lodging, and the building south of it was thepriors chapel. The apartment marked Chapter House on the plan has been con-verted into a burial-place for the MNeill family. A doorway facingthe east, with a gable over, has been erected. This is shown on the 314 KOYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF IRELAND. Ijhotograph here reproduced ; a portion of the priors chapel, and itssouth door entrance, is seen to the right hand. , The so-called hermits cell, or sacrament house, is an aumbry of asize larger than usual; aumbries we
. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. enoriginally the priors lodging, and the building south of it was thepriors chapel. The apartment marked Chapter House on the plan has been con-verted into a burial-place for the MNeill family. A doorway facingthe east, with a gable over, has been erected. This is shown on the 314 KOYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF IRELAND. Ijhotograph here reproduced ; a portion of the priors chapel, and itssouth door entrance, is seen to the right hand. , The so-called hermits cell, or sacrament house, is an aumbry of asize larger than usual; aumbries weie. formed by making recesses inthe thickness of the southern wall of the church near the altar. Inthe present instance, a massive buttress, on the outside, adds consider-ably to the thickness of the masonry where the aumbry was placed,and advantage was taken of this to get a greater depth than thethickness of an ordinary wall would permit of; beyond this no signi-ficance can be attached to its construction. The high altar is detachedfrom the east Orousay Priory. View IVdin ilir i a-t.(From a Photograph by Mr. H. C. Cochrane.) After our examination of Orousay, all were on board shortly after 10oclock, and the journey was resumed for lona. We were suprised to findthat the course taken brought us to the west of the Island of lona insteadof through the Sound, the depth of water in the lowest portion of wliichis much more than is sufficient for our vessel. This entailed some lossof time in steaming around the northern portion of the island, andentering the Sound from the north, and as the anchorage selected wasmore than a mile from the landing-place, still further delay was inconvenience was, in a measure, ameliorated by the promptnesswith which Mr. David Mac Braynes local agent, Mr. Alexander Hitchie,came alongside with the capacious lauding boats, and took the partyashore. Mr. Ritchie acted as guide until the local clergyman, the PKOCEEDINGS. 815 Kev. Archibald
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