Fig. 1422.
Covington Church.
Arms in North Doorway.
the jambs and arch (Fig. [1421]). The second window from the east is narrow and ogee headed, and probably marks the position of the rood screen.
An old doorway remains, though built up, near the north-west angle. In the arch there is inserted a shield (Fig. [1422]) bearing the arms of the Lindsays, to whom the castle belonged, and the letters W. L. and the date 1659.
The east end has been entirely altered, the east window having probably been built up, and an outside stair erected to give access to a gallery at that end.
AULDCATHIE CHURCH, Linlithgowshire.
Before the Reformation Auldcathie formed a separate parish, but it is now included in the parish of Dalmeny, of which it forms a detached portion. The ruins of the old church (Fig. [1423]) now stand neglected in the middle of a large field. The walls are much reduced, and are gradually crumbling away, but the plan is still quite entire. The structure measures, internally, about 30 feet in length by 15 feet in width. There has been a door near the west end, both in the north and south walls, two windows in the south wall, and none in either of the north, east, or west walls. There is a recess for a benitier, an ambry, near the south door, and an ambry in the east wall. Some more ancient stones seem to have been