Fernan / Fearnan / Taymaouth Castle / Loch Tay
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BIB01: symbol - cross
Scene Description: incised on the bottom of the inside well [cf. FontNotes]
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 388)
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 388)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 00947FER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of Fernan [extinct]
Country Name: Scotland
Location: Perth & Kinross
Directions to Site: Fearnan [Walker spells it Fernan] lies in the northern shore of Loch Tay, at its NE end, just W of Kenmore (on the A827 between Killin and Kenmore)
Font Location in Church: Walker reports it ca. 1887 "in the verandah of the dairy at Taymouth Castle"
Church Notes: Walker acknowldges the help of Rev. Mr. Mackenzie of Kenmore for information on several other fonts in the Loch Tay area (Taymouth Castle [Fearnan], Blairmore, Kenmore and Killin)
Font Notes:
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Described in Walker (1887) as an "extremely interesting example, belonging to the extinct church of Fernan [sic], on the shore of Loch Tay [...]. The stone is a rough undressed boulder of mica slate, the basin being cut out of the broadest face. It is very shallow -about two inches deep at the most. The bottom is flat, and there is a rude cross cut on it, which bears a faint resemblance to some dedication crosses." (Ibid., p. 386)
COORDINATES
UTM: 30V 433533 6270700
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, mica slate
Font Shape: other
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: other
Diameter (inside rim): 25 cm
Basin Depth: 5 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 42.5 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 47.5 x [?] cm
Notes on Measurements: Walker (1887: 386) [NB: the block is very irregular and is broken off at several places; the measurements should not be taken as representative of the original shape of the object]
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. 386 and ill. on p. 388