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List of Names collected by Archibald Craig Pte. [Private] R. S. and M. [Royal Sappers and Miners] 1st Examiner
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Plan and Trace--Received Names--Object--Description--Parish--Authority for spelling Name--Address
--Dundrennan Abbey (In Ruins)----was about 15 feet, and that of the centre aisle 25 feet. The transept measured 120 feet from north to south, and 46 feet from east to west. The east end of the Church was the same breadth, with the middle aisle, and only 35 feet in length. On the south side of the church were the cloisters, containing a square area of 94 feet. Still further south were the lodgings and different offices of the monastery occupying a place of nearly 300 feet square; at the south end, again, of the western side of these buildings was a small projecting erection in the form of a cross, and a very similar to the church but inverted those portions which fronted the east in the one facing the west in the other.
Of The tombs remaining in Dundrennan Abbey the most remarkable is the tomb of Alan Lord of Galloway, who was buried within the walls of the Abbey in the year 1233. His mutilated figure is rudely represented in alto relieve cross legged and in
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[Signed Collector]
Archibald Craig Pte. [Private] R. S. and M. [Royal Sappers and Miners]
23rd January 1849
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Ordnance Survey - Kirkcudbright county, OS Name Books - Kirkcudbright county - Volume 154 - Parishes of Kirkcudbright and Rerrick, OS1/20/154
This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Kirkcudbright, and Rerrick.
Ordnance Survey - Kirkcudbright county
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