cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

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cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

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c14 mermen on the capital of the blocked arch from the south transept to the aisle
cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

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several huge slabs with heraldic detail remain in the ruined crossing area: they look c17 to me , and may be of the sandilands family
cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

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several huge slabs with heraldic detail remain in the ruined crossing area: they look c17 to me , and may be of the sandilands family
cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

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truncated east end of the church, with early c18 rusticated doorway in the blocking of the c14 arch from the south aisle into this space, once the site of transepts and crossing. the blocking of the main western crossing arch dates from 1953: on each side can be seen the great circular piers that supported the tower, from which sprang the smaller crossing arches with their own half piers.
cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

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bishop stewart's tomb in the south transept, with later c19 memorial within
cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

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tomb slab of bishop patrick forbes, 1632, now upright in the south transept
cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

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angel with shield detail of tomb of bishop gavin dunbar, 1532, on the south wall of the south transept
cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

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heraldic detail of tomb of bishop gavin dunbar, 1532, on the south wall of the south transept
cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

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tomb of bishop gavin dunbar, 1532, on the south wall of the south transept
cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

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detail of tomb of bishop gavin dunbar, 1532, on the south wall of the south transept
cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

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memorial to william blake of 1714 in the ruined south transept
cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

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tomb inscription on the west wall of what remains of the south transept, "heir lyis thomas the son of tomas franch, master mason of brig of dee and this isle 1530."
cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

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only low walls remain of the early c16 transepts, the central tower having fallen in 1688 after the stonework of the quire was used for building civil war fortifications.
cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

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the south aisle boasts windows more ornate than those to the north, and a c14 porch finished in the c16
cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

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porch from east with early c16 crowstepped gables, and s.w. tower with early c16 spire over earlier machicolations
cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

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late c14 porch and s.w. tower, with both topped off in the early c16
cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

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angel on gravestone carved 1749, to william paul, shoemaker, + 1748 and wife elspit roy, +1704
cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

cathedral of st.machar, aberdeen

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the porch was begun in the c14, though not finished until the c16
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