Fig. 680.—Burntisland Church. View from North-West.
The south wall of the nave has been removed, probably when a south aisle was added. Its place was, doubtless, at one time supplied by pillars and arches, but they are now gone. Part of the outer wall of the south aisle still remains. To the south of this there is a small building, which may have been a sacristy, or perhaps a tombhouse.
The north door to the nave is still partly preserved, and there was probably a south door opposite it. In the west end, which still exists (see [Fig. 680]), there is a simple pointed window, greatly splayed within.
The walls are built with freestone ashlar. All the features seem to indicate that the church was erected in the thirteenth century, although it has been surmised that it was rebuilt in the fifteenth century. The simplicity of the chancel arch and the absence of an east window are against that supposition.
PRESTONKIRK CHURCH, Haddingtonshire.
| Fig 681.—Prestonkirk Church. Plan. |
Fig. 682.—Prestonkirk Church. Details of Buttress and Window. |