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Image Source: Walker (1887: 365)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00931KET
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church
Font Location in Church: Outside the church
Church Address: Blairgowrie and Rattray, Blairgowrie PH13 9JL, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1828 640074
Site Location: Perth & Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located about 10-12 km NWW of Dundee, up the A923
Additional Comments: abandoned font
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
UTM: 30V 485240 6265908
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 56.5373, -3.24
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 56° 32′ 14.28″ N, 3° 14′ 24″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: Side drainage system
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