Ardivot
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 379)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00938ARD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Museum: Antiquarian Museum, Edinburgh [ca. 1887]
Church / Chapel Name: [In a museum] [ orig. from Ardivot]
Font Location in Church: [In a museum]
Church Address: [NB: address & coordinates given for the museum] National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Site Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom
Historical Region: formerly Elginshire
Font Notes:
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Described in Walker (1887) as "a very small early bowl, circular externally, with four projecting angle shafts and slightly projecting upper rim." The inner well is round and it has no drain. Walker gives the location as the Antiquarian Museum in Edinburgh.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 488134 6200191
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 55.946944, -3.19
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 55° 56′ 49″ N, 3° 11′ 24″ 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: no drainage system
Rim Thickness: 3-4 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 20 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 26.25 cm
Basin Depth: 7.5 cm
Basin Total Height: 15 cm
Notes on Measurements: Walker (1887: 372)
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. 372 and ill. on p. 379