[187] The Pre-Reformation Churches of Berwickshire, pp. 7 and 38.
[188] To whom we are indebted for the Plan.
[189] Caledonia, Vol. II. p. 529.
[190] M‘Kerlic’s Galloway, Vol. V., p. 68.
[191] The particulars of the history of Kinloss Abbey are extracted from the “Records of the Monastery,” by Dr. John Stewart.
[192] These are beautifully illustrated by the late James Drummond, R.S.A., in his West Highland Monuments.
[193] Extracts from the “Council Register of the Burgh of Aberdeen” (Spalding Club, p. 94.)
[194] There are scanty, but distinct, traces of two churches on St. Abb’s Head, about three miles north from Coldingham. They are situated about half a mile apart, one to the west of the promontory and the other to the south-east, and both stand on high cliffs overlooking the sea.
The one to the south-east, called St. Abb’s Chapel, (1) is situated in the centre of a churchyard, all the remaining tombstones of which were thrown into the sea during some law proceedings regarding the right of access by the public to St. Abb’s Head. At the time Carr wrote his History of Coldingham Priory (published 1836), the walls of the church were standing to a height of some three or four feet; now only the grass-covered foundations remain. These indicate a chancelled building, the outside dimensions of which are:—length of chancel from east to west about 21 feet, width
