THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. 411 tcrlcs founded by Oswald's liberality. In the early part of his rei"-n, Oswald resided chiefly at Bamborough. Ebba appears to have taken an active share in his efforts to establish the Christian faith ; she founded monasteries at Ebchester and at Coldinghani, ■where she died in 683, being abbess of that religious house.' The attention of Mr. Hodgson Ilinde having been directed to the head- land where the vestiges of this Northumbrian Perranzabuloe lay concealed beneath accumulated sand, preserved in some degree by a strong-rooted kind of grass - from drifting before the fearful gales prevalent on that coast, he speedily ascertained the position of the ruined walls by probino- the sand with a crow-bar. The interesting results of liis exploration are shown by the accompanying plan. The chapel measured, externally, about 55 ft. by 1(3 ft. ; thickness of the walls, ■which are of coarse rubble- M'ork, 2 ft., and portions on the north side remained about 5 ft. in height. The building was divided into a nave and a chancel, the former measurino- 23 ft. by 12, the latter 12 ft. by 12, and to the west is another divisiou 1 1 ft. by 12, which communicates with the nave by an opening, 4 ft. 8 in. wide. <;«S,WV-5^V*SsSStSi*'«v
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Ground-pLan. Chapel at Ebb's Nook, Bcadnoll. The opening between the nave and the chancel measured 5 ft. 2 in. wide. Both these openings are cut straight through, and were probably arched over ; the faces of the reveals are smooth, showing no indication of any door having existed between the nave and the building westward. The nave had two doors, north and south, immediately opposite to one another, the jambs of the former remained standing and the head of the door was not arched, but formed of two large stones placed upon the imposts and inclined against each other ; the semi-circular head of the opening being cut out of them. One of these stones remained, and fell from its place during the excavation. The doorways splayed considerably inwards, the width on the inside being 3 ft., the opening between the jambs of the door only 25 in., the height of the doorway 4: ft. 8 in. No 1 The existinf^ remains of Coldinghani Abbey, Berwickshire, are about a mile from the sea, but St. Ebba's nunnery is supposed to have been placed on tlio headland now known as St. Abl)'s Head, and surrounded on three sides by the sea as completely as Ebb's Nook. VOL. xr. - It has not been ascertained whether this may be the Arundo arcnaria, or the Calamcu/rostif! armaria. Sea Matweed, the tough, twining "roots of which are of gi'eat service in binding the sand together on many pai'ts of our eastern coasts. 3h
