Campsie Glen / Clachan of Campsie

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00929CAM
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of Lennoxtown [orig. from Campsie Glen]
Church Patron Saints: St. Machan?
Country Name: Scotland
Location: East Dunbartonshire
Directions to Site: The Clachan of Campsie is just NW of Lennoxtown, itself 25-30 km WSW of Stirling (follow the M80 S to Dennyloanhead where you take the A803 dir. Kilsyth and Lennoxtown)
Font Location in Church: In the vestibule of the parish church at Lennoxtown [formerly in the churchyard at the Clachan of Campsie]
Described and illustrated in Walker (1887) as an octagonal basin "with a slight indentation on one side evidently made to fit to a circular pillar; he also points out the disproportional size of the inside well [cf. also the font at Castle Semple for another odd well], too narrow and deep for the size of the basin, just as the drain hole is too large. This font was removed from the church yard at the "Clachan" of Campsie some ten years before Walker [i.e., ca. 1877] and placed in the vestibule of the new parish church at Lennoxtown. (Walker, 1887, p. 361-362 and ill. on p. 364)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 55.972583, -4.19918
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 55° 58′ 21.3″ N, 4° 11′ 57.05″ W
UTM: 30U 425159 6203677

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: the drain hole is 9 cm in diameter [cf. Notes on Font]
Rim Thickness: 15-16 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 35 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 66 cm
Basin Depth: 35 cm
Basin Total Height: 40 cm
Notes on Measurements: Walker (1887: 362)

REFERENCES

Walker, J. Russell, "Scottish Baptismal Fonts", 21 or N.S. 9, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1887, pp. 346-448; r["References"]