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NARRATIVE
ON PRINT - Regarding the preservation of the
Arbroath Abbey 'the work was begun with the
remaining transept, which was repaired in
1815, and the circular window, the 'Round
O,' which had sunk somewhat in the head, was
taken down and rebuilt.'
The area of the church was cleared from the
accumulated rubbish of centuries. Previous
to the operations of the Woods and Forests
Commissioners, the floor of the Abbey Church
was piled up with vast mounds, consisting
of the fallen ruins, over which there had
accumulated a soil, in which a number of ash
trees grew. The clearing out of the area of
the church was completed in 1835. (Notes
by George Hay, 1883)
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