[Illustration: FIG. 178.--St. Serf’s, Dunning. Doorway, &c., on North Side.]
_sancti servani de Dunnyne_. There appears to have been a chancel, as Mr. Thomson informs us that during alterations about twenty-five years ago the bases of the pillars were found _in situ_.
The parish of Cruggleton now forms part of the parish of Sorbie, with which it was united in the seventeenth century. The old church of Cruggleton is situated near the coast about three miles from Garleston,
[Illustration: FIG. 179.--Cruggleton Church. Chancel Arch, from West.]
and about the same distance from Whithorn, to the priory at which it belonged before the Reformation. The church of Cruggleton, being abandoned, fell into decay. The view (Fig. 179), for which we have to thank Mr. Galloway, shows its condition before it was recently restored by the Marquis of Bute, under Mr. Galloway’s careful superintendence. The building is still surrounded by its burial-ground. The plan (Fig. 181) shows a simple oblong church, 34 feet in length by 20 feet in width, with an oblong chancel 20 feet 3 inches long by 16 feet wide. The side walls were considerably damaged, but enough of them remained
[Illustration: FIG. 180.--Cruggleton Church. Chancel Arch. From South-East.]
to enable the outline to be distinctly traced. The best preserved and most important feature was the chancel arch, which was 8 feet in width. Its architecture, which was extremely simple, was of the early Norman style. It had three orders on the side next the nave (see Fig. 179), each side having two nook shafts, built in courses and provided with cushion caps. The inner jambs were plain, and the aperture in the wall was simply faced with a square ingoing of ashlar, and enclosed on the side next the chancel (Fig. 180) with a single square-edged arch springing from a very plain impost.
Mr. Muir points out that when he visited the church the walls, “except the west one, which wants the gable, are at about their full height; but
[Illustration: FIG. 181.--Cruggleton Church. Plan.]
most of the dressed stones have been torn from the corners of both compartments, the chancel arch and other parts easily got at.” He could not discern traces of there having
[Illustration: FIG. 182.--Cruggleton Church. North Doorway as Restored.]