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Letter from William Burn to John Britton regarding the crypt at Rosslyn Chapel, Verso
SC 2573979
Description Letter from William Burn to John Britton regarding the crypt at Rosslyn Chapel, Verso
Date 7/1/1846
Collection Collection of papers relating to Rosslyn Chapel, Midlothian, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 2573979
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AL 39/18
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
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