17 inches from the wall (Fig. [1354]) and having a shallow basin supported on a rounded base. Above the shelf there is a round-arched recess 2 feet 2 inches high by 18 inches wide. The back of this recess leans forward, so that while it is 8½ inches deep at the base, it is only 3 inches at the crown of the arch.
There are two south doors with square lintels, one in the chancel and another in the nave near the west end. A later door has been made at the east end of the nave.
All the doors and windows are finished on the outside with a simple chamfer.
There has probably been a sacristy on the north side of the nave.
Mr. Ferguson[163] assigns this church to an early period. The small windows
Fig. 1354.—Preston Church. Plan of Piscina.
in the end walls and the shallow buttresses at the west end have an early appearance, but the same cannot be said of the details shown in Fig. [1353]. Mr. Muir[164] is doubtful as to its “just claim to antiquity.” This church, with that of Bunkle, about two miles distant, belonged to the Bishopric of Dunkeld.