Gullane
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 381)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 00941GUL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Not in a church [orig. from the Church of St. Andrew]
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: Scotland
Location: East Lothian
Directions to Site: Located near Gullane bay and Gullane point, about 8-9 km WSW of North Berwick, about 13 km NW of Haddington
Historical Region: formerly Haddingtonshire
Font Location in Church: It is no longer in the church, but "forming a stone of construction in a wall near Dirleton." (Walker (1887)
Font Notes:
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Described in Walker (1887) as "a small primitive-looking bowl at present forming a stone of construction in a wall near Dirleton. It is said to have been used as a baptismal font in the church of St Andrew at Gullane." (Ibid., p. 377)
COORDINATES
UTM: 30V 510501 6209930
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: rectangular
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Notes on Measurements: No measurements given in 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. 377 and ill. on p. 381