Blairmore / Loch Tay
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 384)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00944BLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (early), Transitional
Cognate Fonts: Walker (1887) gives it as similar to the one at Isle of Whithorn
Church / Chapel Name: Not in a church [orig. church unknown]
Font Location in Church: Not in a church: "It lies neglected and uncared-for before the little farm-house of Blairmore" (Walker, 1887)
Site Location: Perth & Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Walker locates this Blairmore "one mile off the main road leading from Killin to Kenmore", i.e., the A827, which runs along the N side of Loch Tay
Additional Comments: abandoned font / damaged font / endangered font: "It lies neglected and uncared-for before the little farm-house of Blairmore" (Walker (1887)
Font Notes:
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Described in Walker (1887) as a baptismal font with a basin similar to the one at Isle of Whithorn [cf. Index entry for Isle of Whithorn], that is, square and with vertical shafts or mouldings at the angles; in this case, though, there is no base left at all. The inscription "AM" in a recessed panel, argues Walker, "are of later date than the font itself, which I take to be of early thirteenth century date." (Ibid., p. 385)
COORDINATES
UTM: 30V 429476 6264050
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: square
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage System: no drainage system
Diameter (inside rim): 27.5 cm
Basin Depth: 18.75 cm
Basin Total Height: 25 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 40 cm (base missing?)
Trapezoidal Basin: 40 x 40 cm
Notes on Measurements: Walker (1887: 385)
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Location: On one of the sides of the basin
Inscription Text: "A M"
Inscription Notes: Walker (1887) suggests the inscription was added at a later date
Inscription Source: Walker (1887: 385 and ill. on p. 384)
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. 378, 385 and ill. on p. 384