aisles and an aisleless presbytery; a nave of nine bays, with aisles
and north and south transepts with eastern aisles; two western
towers and one large central tower. Considerable portions of these
divisions still remain, but the greater part of the north side of
the choir, the north transept and nave, and almost all the piers and
pillars have been swept away. Beginning at the east end, the eastern
wall is entire for nearly half its height, having an arcade below
and three lancet windows above, with the lower portions of an upper
row of similar windows. Somewhat less of the return wall of the
south side of the presbytery, comprising two bays, remains, and
adjoining it is the sacristy, a late building fairly well preserved.
The end wall of the south transept is almost complete, along with a
considerable portion of the west wall of the transept, which gives a
good idea of the grandeur of the church. The whole of the nave south
wall remains, showing a row of windows and indications of the
groining of the aisle. The central aisle was not vaulted, but
covered with a wooden roof. Most of the bases of the nave pillars
are in position, as are also the foundations of the north transept.
The west end fragment and the two towers left standing, are striking
and impressive in their vigorous work.[439] Bold, vigorous work,
with refinement of detail, is seen in the western doorway. It is
round arched, and its outer order, if it may be so called, extends
inwards for about five feet, unadorned as a bold and plain tunnel
arch, having a pointed arch in each ingoing. It then becomes shafted
and richly moulded, after the transition manner. This arrangement,
while it gives a fine shadow under the arch, has a feeling of
rudeness, which, to a considerable extent, characterises the whole
west front. "There is a remarkable resemblance in the decoration of
this doorway to that of the doorway in the porch of Lerida
Cathedral, Spain, supposing the tunnel arch of Arbroath away, and
the moulded part brought forward to the face of the wall, as is the
case at Lerida.... A similar ring ornament, on a large scale, is
also to be seen in a doorway at Lamington, Lanarkshire, where it is
likewise used along with the zig-zag, but there the ringed order is
the outer enrichment."[440]

The removal of the outer part of