Fig. 1136.—St. Mungo’s Church. Plan.
outside with a stone roof (Fig. [1137]), to resist the thrusts of which massive buttresses are provided. The roof consists of overlapping stone flags, carefully wrought, and the cornice at the wall head (Fig. [1138]) is ornamented with carved heads and leaves alternately. The chapel contains in the south wall a recess for a monument, and the remains of two piscinas and a locker in the south and west walls. There is a small pointed window in
Fig. 1137.—St. Mungo’s Church. South Aisle, from South-West.
the west side, and a larger one in the south end. The tracery of the latter is probably modern, as is the west doorway. The wide arch which
Fig. 1138.—St. Mungo’s Church. Cornice of Aisle.
formerly opened into the church has been built up.
A stately monument (Fig. [1139]), containing two recumbent figures, is built against the east wall of the aisle. The statues are supposed to be those of the founder of the castle and the aisle, the first Lord Borthwick and his wife, who was a Douglas. The monument is not now in its original position. Before the time of the rebuilding it stood in the inside of the wall of the apse, and it was then removed and placed in its present position, where it has apparently suffered from