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Image Source: Walker (1887: 365)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 00931KET
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church
Church Location: Blairgowrie and Rattray, Blairgowrie PH13 9JL, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1828 640074
Country Name: Scotland
Location: Perth & Kinross
Directions to Site: Located about 10-12 km NWW of Dundee, up the A923
Font Location in Church: Outside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
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According to Walker (1887) this is a plain octagonal basin of moderate size with a round basin well and a side drain. He suggests a date at the end of the 12th or the beginning of the 13th century.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.5373, -3.24
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 32′ 14.28″ N, 3° 14′ 24″ W
UTM: 30V 485240 6265908
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Rim Thickness: 7.5 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 27.5 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 42.5 cm
Basin Depth: 17.5 cm
Basin Total Height: 22.5 cm
Notes on Measurements: Walker (1887)
REFERENCES
Walker, J. Russell, "Scottish Baptismal Fonts", 21 or N.S. 9, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1887, pp. 346-448; p. 367 and ill. on p. 365