Fig. 220.—Dunfermline Abbey. Room below Kitchen.
from the end of the seventeenth century, and is a fine example of its period. The adjoining buildings are considerably earlier, and in the lower parts, where they are buttressed, they are probably of pre-Reformation times. The upper portions are somewhat later, and are very likely part of the work of Schaw. The porch to the latter buildings is on the other side, and is quaint and well known from being seen from the church. William Schaw died in 1602, and was buried in the nave, where the monument to his memory ([Fig. 223]) was erected by order of Queen Anne.
Fig. 221.—Dunfermline Abbey.
The palace, which was intimately connected with the abbey, has been described elsewhere.[165]
Fig. 222.—Dunfermline Abbey. Old Buildings to North-West of Church.