tt js d i f f i c u l t to fa y w h e n th e p r e fe n t c h u r c h w a s b u i l t : i f w e L crgd i t B o e th iu s, i t w a s r e b u i l t , b y M a ld u in u s, in the- f e y e n th
lentury o u t o f th e ru in s o f th e fo rm e r . B u t th e p r e fe n t f t r u c -
|ure is fa r to o m a g n if ic e n t fo r th a t a g e . M o f t o f th e w a lls are b u i l t
ith red g ra n ite f r om th e N u tts ifi" in th e fo u n d ,
I From th e fo u th e a f t c o rn e r are tw o .p a r a l le l w a l l s a b o u t tw e lv e
Let high, and ten fe e t d i f t a n t f r om e a c h o th e r . A t p r e fe n t th e y
[re called D o ru s tra g i), o r th e d o o r to th e ih o r e : are fu p p o fe d to h a v e
Len con tin ued f r om th e c a th e d r a l to th e - fe a , t o h a v e b e e n r o o f e d ,
Ld to h av e fo rm e d a c o v e r e d g a l le r y th e w h o le w a y .
[ k the c h u r c h - y a r d is a fin e c r o f s , fo u r t e e n fe e t h ig h , tw o f e e t tw o
Inches b ro a d , an d ten in c h e s t h i c k , m a d e o f a f in g le p ie c e o f r e d g r a tae.
T h l p e d e f ta l is th r e e f e e t h ig h ,
I Near th e fo u th e a f t e n d is M a r y 's c h a p e l . B e f id e s th i s , w e a r e
Informed, th a t th e re w e r e f e v e r a l o th e r s fo u n d e d b y th e ScaUiJh m o n arch?,
and th e R e g u li o f th e iile s * . ^ _
I The m o n a fte ry lie s b e h in d th e . c a th e d r a l. I t is in a m o f t ru in o u s
Kate, a fm a l l r em n a n t o f a c lo i f t e r is l e f t . I n a c o rn e r a r e fom e
black fton e s , h e ld fo fa c r e d , b u t f o r w h a t re a fo n I am ig n o -
iant, that i t w a s c u f tom a r y t o fw e a r b y th em : p e r h a p s f r om
Rheir b e in g n e ig h b o r s to th e tu t e la r fa in t , w h o fe g r a v e is a lm o f t
adjacent.
I Boethius f g iv e s th is m o n a f te ry a n e a r lie r a n t iq u i ty th a n p e r h a p s
it can ju f t ly c lam e . H e fa y s , th a t a f t e r th e d e fe a t o f th e S ca ts,
* Buchanan, lib. I. C. 37.
1 Lib. vi. p. 108,109.
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