Archæological and historical collections relating to Ayrshire & Galloway (1878)
Ayrshire and Galloway Archaeological Association · Edinburgh, Printed for the Ayrshire and Galloway archæological association · leaf 200
building may occupy the site of the ancient Gatehouse or portersroom, but in its present form it must have been erected after the monasticbuildings had more or less fallen into decay, as the materials are those offormer buildings, and very largely composed of freestone, a material tooexpensive to… … .^.Avi; l/. Fig. 1.—Fragment of an Early Christian Jlemorial Cross. plainly from whence they came. A fragment of an early Christian memorialcross—of which a woodcut is here given—was also found last summerin turning over the debris above the Chapter-House. It is of granite,about 4 in. thick and 18…
Abbeys
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