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Fig. 1344.—Abbey St. Bathans.
Figure of a Prioress.
of small size, being about 45 feet long by 24 feet wide.[1] There is a sundial on the wall-head of the south wall at the east end. At the north corner of the east end there are indications of a wall with a splayed base having extended eastwards.
In the interior of the church a modern arched recess (or what appears on the face as modern) contains the recumbent figure of a prioress (Fig. 1344). It measures 6 feet long, and is in good preservation. There appears to have been a dog lying at her feet, but it has been knocked off.
About a quarter of a mile to the south of the church, on the slope of a hill, there are the foundations of a chapel (Fig. 1345) measuring about 38 feet long by 15 feet wide internally. The end walls are each about 5 feet thick, and the side walls about 3 feet. Nothing else belonging to the church remains, except a few fragments of what was probably a circular font, and a window sill lying amongst the ruins. It shows that the window was eight inches wide. A plain slab 6 feet long by 18 inches wide lies in the centre of the building.
The Convent of St. Bothan's was founded by Ada, daughter
- ↑ Mackenzie Walcott, in his notice of "St. Bothan's," in The Ancient Church of Scotland, p. 379, says, "The chapel measured 58 feet by 84 feet," and he quotes the Caledonia, where, however, nothing is said about its dimensions.
