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"of Alan, in 1246 With Others of the Stewarts, Marjory, the daughter of King Robert the Bruce, Wife of Walter, the Stewart, and mother of Robert the II. Was buried in this Monastery in March 1315 - 16, and a Sculptured monument was placed over her Sepulchre, Adorned With the Insignia of her family, What Were left of this monument, and the relics of Marjory Bruce, Were removed from the ruins of the Monastery About 1770, and placed on an Altertomb in the Small Gothic Chapel, now used by the Marquis of Abercorn for the Purpose of a family Mausoleum, * * * * The Grand West entrance to the Abbey, Consists of three Windows of good Size and exquisite design, With a Gothic door, Surmounted by a beautiful receding Arch, the upper Window is Slightly Pointed, and the two lower more Acutely. They are all raised on elegant Pillars, With rich intersecting Mullions, divided into a Variety of tracery, The Columns and Mouldings of the door Piece are exquisitely designed, and executed in a bold Style, having Sculptured ornaments, in the Shape of foliage, cut in relief, * * * * The nave of the Monastery, now the Abbey Church of Paisley, Still exhibits a degree of Spaciousness and elegance in Character With the Monastery of Which it formed a Part, and Presents a most interesting Surviving Specimen of Gothic Architecture, it is an edifice at once venerable for its antiquity, exceedingly Valued for the excellence of its Structure, and revered for the Sacred Purpose to which it is now appropriated, * * * The northern Prospect of the building exhibits the upper and lower Windows Still entue. The Choir is now levelled to Within a few feet of the ground. The North Transept, though ruinous, is more Perfect, and displays, in its large Proportioned Gothic Window, a most interesting relic of Monastic magnificence,This window, which is in the Pointed Style, is divided in the Centre by an exquisitely formed Slender Pillar, each division terminating at the top of the intersecting Arches With trefoil Mullions, and the Whole Surmounted With an Open quatrefoil, * * * The interior of the transept and ruins of the Choir, are approached by a breach under another Window in the West Corner of the transept, Above the transept, Stood an elegant Spire 161 feet in height, and on the eastern Side of the Cloister Court, the Private oratory of the Monks, * * * The remarkable degree of resonance once Possessed by this Small building, and to a Considerable extent Still retained, has given it the name of "the Sounding Aisle," Pennant, in his tour, who is quoted by other topographers gives the following apparently inflated description of the Place, " The echo is the finest in the World, When the end door, the only one it has, is gently shut"