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��the openings which were the upper quire entrances. In the middle bay of the south side a ragged hole represents the sedilia. At the west of the presbytery a cross arch marked the eastern limit of the quire ; the first two bays had lofty pointed archways opening into the transepts, but only those on the south side are standing ; between the bays are the toothings of buttresses which must have projected into the transepts. The third or westernmost bay, left standing on the south side, has a lower archway of equal width with the others, opening into the east end of the aisle. The dwarf wall closing its lower half is pierced below the west jamb of the arch by a

��range of three lancet windows on either side, and another lancet high up in the south gable end. This portion had a high-pitched wooden roof, now of course all gone.

Of the two chapels to the east of the transept very little remains. The northern one extended behind two bays of the presbytery, being divided into two by a cross arch supporting the buttress between the bays. Of this arch and the east wall only the toothings on the presbytery wall are left ; the chapel had a semi-circular barrel-vault running from east to west, of which a few springing stones remain. Over it was a lean-to roof against the presbytery wall. On

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��pointed doorway. Over the archway are the remains of a lancet window which gave light to a clearstory above the aisle roof.

The south transept is more complete than any other part, its three outer walls being almost intact except- ing where they have been robbed of all the dressed stones. In the east wall were two pointed archways now mere gaps opening into the chapels ; between them are the remains against the wall of a small stone altar 5 ft. long, and over this altar is a square recess 2 ft. 6 in. wide. Another archway at the north end of the west wall opened from the nave aisle.

In the south wall of the transept, near the south- west angle, is the doorway connected with the night- stair from the dorter. The transept is lighted by a

��the transept wall are the marks of two such roofs, one steeper than the other, and evidently of different dates.

The southern chapel was only of one bay in depth; its south wall still stands with a few angle stones indicating the return of the east wall ; in it are the remains of a piscina. There are also the springing stones of a pointed barrel vault springing from a grooved and hollow-chamfered string-course. Over this vault, but not central with it, was a gabled wood roof, the outline of which is to be seen on the transept wall, and the gap between the two chapels is very clearly shown, the east face of the transept wall retaining its external plinth, which must have returned round the outsides of the chapels.

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