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  • ward of the church, built with ashlar and ornamented with Ionic pillars.

The frieze and cornice are unfortunately wanting.

The entrance is in the east end, and in the opposite wall is a well-carved representation of the arms of Bethune of Balfour, viz., quarterly, 1st and 4th, azure a fesse between three mascles, or, for Bethune; 2nd and 3rd, argent on a chevron sable an otter's head erased of the first, for Balfour. Crest, an otter's head proper; motto, "Debonnaire."



ROSYTH CHURCH, Fifeshire.


A ruin situated on the shore of the Frith of Forth about five miles west from North Queensferry and about one mile east of Charleston.

Fig. 1385.—Rosyth Church. Plan.

Part of the structure is ancient, but the western portion has been added in post-Reformation times. All that now remains of the building consists

Fig. 1386.—Rosyth Church. View from North-East.