Fig. 351.—Dundrennan Abbey. Plan.
our old abbeys, and was used as a quarry till 1842, when it was put in repair by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, and it is now in fair preservation.
The nave of the church (see [Fig. 351.]) was 134 feet long within the walls, and comprised eight bays. The central division was 31 feet wide,
Fig. 352.—Dundrennan Abbey. Western Doorway.
and each aisle 16 feet wide, giving a total width of 63 feet internally. Of this part of the church only portions of the west end and south wall remain. The west wall contains the original western doorway, which is of simple Transition design. The doorway had three nook shafts besides the jambs, and the arches are in four orders of plain mouldings ([Fig. 352]). The caps, which have square abaci, are peculiar from the large quantity of very small nail head ornaments with which they are decorated ([Fig. 353]). The inner mouldings were renewed by the Government in 1842. The west wall retains the responds of the main piers of the nave, and a portion of one of the piers, being the westmost of the south arcade of the nave, also exists, both showing a
Fig. 353.—Cap of Western Doorway.