Whithorn / Whithorn Priory

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design element - motifs - ball - 8

Scene Description: the eight "beads" or balls could have been heads originally; now very worn [cf. FontNotes]

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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in MacGibbon & Ross (1896-1897, v. II: fig. 881)

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: "head and neck" [cf. FontNotes]

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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in MacGibbon & Ross (1896-1897, v. II: fig. 881)

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view of church exterior

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © S. Rae, 2012

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 12 May 2012 by S. Rae [www.flickr.com/photos/35142635@N05/15917292745] [accessed 1 May 2019]

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view of church exterior - south portal

Scene Description: doorway opening into the west end of the nave from the south side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Otter, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 April 2008 by Otter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whithorn_Priory_20080423_west_entrance_of_nave.jpg] [accessed 1 May 2019]

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Scene Description: doorway opening into the west end of the nave from the south side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Ross & Britain Express Ltd, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken by David Ross & Britain Express Ltd [www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=984] [accessed 1 May 2019]

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view of church exterior - south portal - east side - detail

Scene Description: doorway opening into the west end of the nave from the south side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Ross & Britain Express Ltd, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken by David Ross & Britain Express Ltd [www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=984] [accessed 1 May 2019]

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view of church exterior - southeast portal

Scene Description: doorway opening into the east end of the nave and the chancel from the south side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Otter, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 April 2008 by Otter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whithorn_Priory_20080423_east_entrance_of_nave.jpg] [accessed 1 May 2019]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lairich Rig, 2006

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 August 2006 by Lairich Rig [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whithorn_Priory_-_interior_of_the_nave_-_geograph.org.uk_-_939571.jpg] [accessed 1 May 2019]

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view of font - plan, elevation and section

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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Walker (1887: 382)

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00942WHI
Church/Chapel: Whithorn Priory church [aka St Ninian's] [n ruins]
Church Patron Saints: St. Ninian [aka Nynia]
Church Location: 6 Bruce St, Whithorn, Newton Stewart DG8 8PY, UK -- Tel.: +44 1988 500700
Country Name: Scotland
Location: Dumfries and Galloway
Directions to Site: Located off the B7004.A746, about 25 km S of Newton Stewart down the A714, in the southern end of The Machars
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Galloway]
Historical Region: formerly Wigtonshire
Font Location in Church: "Within the ruined Priory" (Walker, 1887)
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to David Ross & Britain Express Ltd [www.britainexpress.com/] for the photographs of this church
Church Notes: founded mid-12thC(?); originally Augustinian but became Premonstratensian ca. 1175; vested in the Crown by the annexation act of 1587; [ca. 1887] in ruins.
Described in Walker (1887) as "an early bowl, possibly thirteenth century date. It is circular, with a circular orifice [i.e., basin well] and a side drain. The upper rim is a good deal broken, but has been ornamented with eight beads placed at regular intervals. The bowl is cup-shaped, and has a bold head and neck moulding at the base. It stands within the ruined Priory". (Ibid., p. 378). Described and illustrated in MacGibbon & Ross (1896-1897, v. II: 485 fig. 881)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.733611, -4.417778
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 44′ 1″ N, 4° 25′ 4″ W
UTM: 30U 408710 6066071

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 7-8 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 55 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 70 cm
Basin Depth: 22.86 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 65 cm
Notes on Measurements: Walker (1887: 378)

REFERENCES

MacGibbon, David, Ecclesiastical Architecture of Scotland: from the Earliest Christian Times to the Seventeenth Century, Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1896-1897
Walker, J. Russell, "Scottish Baptismal Fonts", 21 or N.S. 9, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1887, pp. 346-448; r["References"]