round the church so that the splayed base seen in Mr. Schultz’s drawings is now buried to the extent of about 2 feet.
The masonry of the ruin is of fine ashlar, in regular courses.
LYNE CHURCH, Peeblesshire.
This building, which is still used as the parish church, is situated on the Lyne Water, near the Tweed, about three miles above Peebles. It stands on the summit of a mound, which is occupied as the churchyard.
Fig. 1571.—Lyne Church. Plan.
The building (Fig. [1571]) is a tiny one, measuring internally only about 34 feet by 11 feet. The windows and doorway are on the
Fig. 1572.—Lyne Church. View from South-East.
south side (Fig. [1572]) and in each gable, there being no opening in the north wall. The windows have simple tracery of a late type, and the jambs have backfillets (a late feature) round the openings. There are angle buttresses at the west end, and a modern belfry on the apex of the west gable.