View of a chapel of the ruins of Melrose Abbey with Eildon Hill in the background, photograph, page, title: 'Chapel to east of south transept', number: '(No. 6.)', inscription: 'With Tomb of Michael Scott, the Wizard, and Eildon Hill in the distance.', photographer: WJ Pringle, Melrose Abbey, c. 1860 - in or before 1870, Melrose (Scotland), paper, albumen print, height 169 mm x width 140 mm, ruin of church, monastery, (high) hill, parts of church interior: chapel, A sepia-toned photograph shows the ruins of a stone building with tall, arched windows and broken, weathered columns and lintels, revealing jagged edges and crumbling masonry; vegetation grows among the ruins and over some upper sections, with leafy trees visible beyond the structure; in the background a gently sloping hill rises behind a patchwork of fields and lines of trees, and an arched stone bridge or buttress spans across part of the scene.
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View of a chapel of the ruins of Melrose Abbey with Eildon Hill in the background, photograph, page, title: 'Chapel to east of south transept', number: '(No. 6.)', inscription: 'With Tomb of Michael Scott, the Wizard, and Eildon Hill in the distance.', photographer: WJ Pringle, Melrose Abbey, c. 1860 - in or before 1870, Melrose (Scotland), paper, albumen print, height 169 mm x width 140 mm, ruin of church, monastery, (high) hill, parts of church interior: chapel, A sepia-toned photograph shows the ruins of a stone building with tall, arched windows and broken, weathered columns and lintels, revealing jagged edges and crumbling masonry; vegetation grows among the ruins and over some upper sections, with leafy trees visible beyond the structure; in the background a gently sloping hill rises behind a patchwork of fields and lines of trees, and an arched stone bridge or buttress spans across part of the scene.

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View chapel ruins Melrose Abbey Eildon Hill background photograph page title Chapel east south transept number No 6 inscription Tomb Michael Scott Wizard distance photographer WJ Pringle c 1860 - 1870 Melrose Scotland paper albumen print height 169 mm x width 140 mm ruin church monastery high hill parts church interior sepia-toned photograph stone building tall arched windows broken weathered columns lintels revealing jagged edges crumbling masonry vegetation grows upper sections leafy trees visible beyond structure gently sloping hill rises patchwork fields lines trees arched stone bridge buttress spans across part scene

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