troublesome hindrances. This gentleman was desirous to be buried in the sacred edifice, but as some doubts existed as to his sanctity, it was resolved
Fig. 1532.—Durness Church. View from South-West.
not to admit his body quite into the church, so he was buried under the wall. His tomb is dated 1619, and his epitaph hands down his name to posterity in the following words:—
“Duncan MacMorroch here lies low
Was ill to his friend, waur to his foe
True to his master in weird and wo.”
The adjoining gable has crowsteps and is topped with a belfry (Fig. [1532]). The lintel of the doorway in the wing bears the letters and figures 16 · HMK · A. In the gable of the wing there is a two-light window with a pointed arch, a central mullion dividing into two small arches at the head (the space between being left solid), and a transom.
An old font lies in the main part of the church.
EAST CALDER CHURCH, Mid-Lothian.
This edifice was the parish church of East Calder till 1750, when a new church was erected at Kirknewton, and East Calder was united with that parish. These two parishes lie about ten miles west from Edinburgh.