The windows are almost all lancets, but some of the side windows are larger, and some of those in the east end have a little tracery introduced, thus indicating a rather late date in the style. The elegant turrets at
Fig. 546.—Elgin Cathedral. East End.
Fig. 547.—Elgin Cathedral. South Transept and South Side of Choir.
the east end ([Fig. 546]) are ornamented with trefoiled arcades, and have been finished on top with octagonal pyramidal roofs and canopied windows. All the features of the choir seem to point to its having been erected late in the thirteenth century, probably after the fire in 1270, reported by Fordun. The details are all of pure first pointed form, but from the exuberance of the enrichments the building was apparently somewhat late in the period.