Fig. 89.—Enhallow. View.
The proportion of the inside of the nave is that of the “vesica piscis”—the width to the length as the base of an equilateral triangle to the length of two such triangles on opposite sides of that base, and the internal length of the chancel is equal to the diagonal of the square of the internal width.
Barry mentions a tradition that neither rats, mice, nor cats will live on the island, which tradition agrees with the name of the island.
CHAPEL AT LINTON, in Shapinsay.
This chapel is near the shore at the south-east part of the island. It consists of nave and chancel, and stands nearly exactly east and west. ([Fig. 90.]) The extreme length is 35 feet 9 inches, and the width 19 feet
Fig. 90.—Linton Chapel. Plan and Elevations.
5 inches. About 7 feet in height of the east end of the nave, including the arch into the chancel ([Fig. 91]), remains; but of the rest only about 2 feet and 3 feet remain. It is built of whinstone without any freestone dressings.