Fig. 581.—St. Mungo’s Cathedral. Lower Church, near East End.
continued these free standing piers down through the lower church would have made the construction weak. Even with the walls between the
Fig. 583.—St. Mungo’s Cathedral. Doorway to Chapter House.
chapels in the lower church the construction has proved insufficient, and at this part of the edifice considerable signs of disturbance are observable. The cross walls contain open arches, each with a piscina and credence table; and the central one contains a monument. This is believed to be the effigy of Bishop Wishart ([Fig. 582]), but as the space is too short to contain it, the lion at the feet has had to be cut away in order to enable the effigy to be placed where it is. It, therefore, seems to have been brought from another site.
