In the exterior of the north wall, and near the buttress at the east end, there has been an ambry. This ambry, together with the absence of buttresses on the north side, seems to indicate that there was a building on that side, probably in the form of an aisle, connected with the cathedral. The eastmost portion was probably the sacristy, which would enter by the north doorway. On the south side of the church the wall, with its buttresses (see [Fig. 668]), has evidently been the exterior of the church. It contains a segmental headed modern window in each bay. The south buttress of the east wall is widened at the lower part, and contains a round arched recess, in which there has probably been a monument. The east end has been greatly altered, and has had a staircase block built against it, and a gallery door and high window inserted.
Fig. 671.—Lismore Cathedral.
Piscina and Cap of Shafts of Sedilia.
The western wall, with its doorway, which has plain sloping jambs all covered with rough-cast, is, doubtless, a comparatively recent construction, built when the choir was converted into the parish church and reroofed in 1749.
There are traces of old buildings to the west, which are now used as private burial-grounds, but it is impossible to say what purpose they formerly served.
ST. KENTIGERN’S, Lanark, Lanarkshire.
The Parish Church of Lanark existed in the twelfth century, and was conveyed, with its possessions, to the Abbey of Dryburgh by David I. This conveyance is frequently confirmed in subsequent deeds.