DRON CHURCH, Perthshire.

A ruin situated on the braes of the Carse of Cowrie, in the parish of Longforgan, about two miles distant from Fowlis Church. It is in a very fragmentary condition (Fig. 1454), only the chancel arch remaining in anything like a perfect state, together with the foundations of the side

Fig. 1454.—Dron Church. View from South-West.

walls and part of the east wall. As shown in Fig. 1455, the chancel is about 28 feet long by 19 feet wide inside. The width of the chancel arch is about 11 feet, and from the ground to the top of the cap is about 7 feet 2 inches.

The jambs and arch mouldings (Fig. 1456) are of a simple character, and they are separated by a moulded cap, shown in Fig. 1457. From the form of the base of the jambs and the section of arch and jamb, it may be

Fig. 1455.—Dron Church. Plan.

inferred that the building is not earlier than the end of the fifteenth or beginning of the sixteenth century.

It will be seen from the Plan that the base of the east wall of the nave

Fig. 1456.—Dron Church. Jamb and Arch Mouldings. Fig. 1457.—Dron Church. Base and Cap Mouldings.

extends a considerable distance northwards from the arch, which is suggestive of the idea that the church had a transept.

There appears to have been at one time a churchyard beside the church, which has now disappeared, having been absorbed into a neighbouring farm.

The Church of Dron belonged to the Abbey of Coupar, which was distant about six miles, in a north-westerly direction.