Fig. 1351.—Cockburnspath Church. View from South-West.
Cockburnspath in early times. Robert, Chaplain of Colbrundspath, is mentioned in 1255, but Mr. Ferguson has doubts as to this being the site of the chapel referred to.
PRESTON CHURCH, Berwickshire.
A ruined church situated about two miles north from Duns. It is in a state of complete dilapidation, and is densely covered with ivy. The structure (Fig. [1352]) consists of a nave and chancel of equal width, the whole internal length being about 70 feet by 14 feet 6 inches in width, and the chancel is about 18 feet 6 inches long. The round chancel arch is blocked, and it is doubtful if it is original. There are two narrow pointed windows in the east wall and one in the west wall, all widely splayed towards the interior, and finished with a segmental arch. Another window in the south wall of the chancel (shown in Fig. [1353]) is of the same character, only that it is lintelled on the inside instead
Fig. 1352.—Preston Church. Plan.
of being arched. Beneath this window there is a peculiar piscina (see Fig. [1353]). It consists of a triangular shelf projecting about
Fig. 1353.—Preston Church. Piscina.