chancel. The arcade (Fig. 1440) has plain octagonal pillars and three round arches with broad splays. The caps and bases are moulded, and indicate a late date.
The chancel is surrounded with a plain wall 6 to 7 feet high, and has a piscina in the south wall.
AUCHTERARDER CHURCH, Perthshire.
This old church is situated a little to the north of the town, and is
surrounded by an old churchyard. It is densely ivy clad and generally
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Fig. 1441.—Auchterarder Church. Plan.
concealed by vegetation, and thoroughly neglected. The church (Fig. 1441) measures about 81 feet long by about 24 feet 6 inches wide externally. There is almost no architectural feature now
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Fig. 1442.
Auchterarder Church.
Piscina.
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Fig. 1443.—Auchterarder Church. View from South-West.
visible except a piscina (Fig. 1442) in the usual place in the south wall near the east end, which part of the building is walled off as a tomb house. The piscina is triangular headed, somewhat like the one in the choir of Paisley Abbey.
