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Letter from William Burn to John Britton regarding the crypt at Rosslyn Chapel
AL 39/18
Description Letter from William Burn to John Britton regarding the crypt at Rosslyn Chapel
Date 7/1/1846
Collection Collection of papers relating to Rosslyn Chapel, Midlothian, Scotland
Catalogue Number AL 39/18
Category Manuscripts
Copies SC 2573968, SC 2573979
Scope and Content Letter is pasted within AL 39/17. Burn describes the crypt to the east of the chapel and recounts that his excavations were unable to uncover any evidence of the barons of Rosslyn having been buried in a vault beneath the chapel, as described by Sir Walter Scott and Father Richard Augustine Hay.
Accession Number 2021/8
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/2572803
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