Fig. 772.—Melrose Abbey. South Transept: Exterior.

Having described the present condition of the edifice, we shall now consider the different parts in the order of their age, so far as ascertainable.

Fig. 773.—Melrose Abbey. South-West Angle of South Transept.

There seems to be no part now traceable of the church erected in the twelfth century, except perhaps one or two tombstones. It has been

Fig. 774.—Melrose Abbey. East End of Choir.