Fig. 930.—St. Bride’s Collegiate Church. Tombstone, with Shield and Douglas Arms.
The entrance to the sacristy is by an unusually handsome doorway ([Fig. 928]), having two orders of shafts and mouldings. The carving of the caps has been very fine, but is sadly damaged. In the sacristy there are a piscina and a locker, and in the south wall of the choir the remains of a triple beautifully carved sedilia ([Fig. 929]) and a piscina. The sacristy is roofed with overlapping stone flags, supported on a vault.
Some elaborate monuments have been erected in the church (see [Fig. 927]) in memory of the two Archibald Douglases, Earls of Forfar, one of whom was mortally wounded at Sheriffmuir (1715).
Some ancient carved stones are also preserved at the east end, one of them being a tombstone containing a shield, with the original three stars of the Douglas arms ([Fig. 930]).
ST. DUTHUS’ CHURCH, Tain, Ross-shire.
Fig. 931.—Old St. Duthus’ Church. Plan.