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Image Source: Walker (1887: 375)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00936BEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Church Address: Benvie, Dundee DD2 5LB, United Kingdom
Site Location: Angus, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just 2 km to the W of Dundee
Additional Comments: damaged font: much-broken and defaced remnant of a baptismal font, only eleven inches of its height have survived
Font Notes:
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Walker (1887) describes and illustrates this much-broken and defaced remnant of a Norman baptismal font. The basin was cylindrical in shape [only eleven inches of its height have survived] and may possibly have had angle shafts and a central pillar as base.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30V 494347 6258440
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 56.4704, -3.09176
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 56° 28′ 13.44″ N, 3° 5′ 30.34″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cylindrical?
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Rim Thickness: 12-13 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 45 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 70 cm*
Basin Depth: 15 cm*
Basin Total Height: 22.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: Walker (1887: 372) *[NB: all measurements are those of the surviving fragment]
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. 371-372 and ill. on p. 375