ST. LAWRENCE CHURCH, LUNDIE, Forfarshire.
In the course of some recent operations on this church under the superintendence of Mr. T. S. Robertson, architect, Dundee, it was discovered that it had been a Norman structure. Of the original building not much now remains, except the ashlar walls and a narrow window with a wide internal splay and an outside check for a shutter. This window is situated near the east end of the north wall.
The apse appears to have been taken down, in 1786, during some alterations, and the chancel arch, indicated in the sketch ([Fig. 346]), was built up. A tomb house was erected on the site of the apse, where it
Fig. 346.—Lundie Church in 1786.
still remains. The building was of small dimensions, being about 40 feet long by 18 feet 6 inches wide.
The fragment, of which a sketch ([Fig. 347]) is annexed, was found built in a wall near the church. It appears to have been the top of a sacrament house of late date.
The church, which belonged to the Priory of St. Andrews, was dedicated to St. Lawrence, Martyr. In the early taxations of the Priory it is described as “the Church and Chapel of Lundie.”
Fig. 347.—Sacrament House, Lundie.