Dunscore No. 2
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 394)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00953DNU
Object Type: Stoup
Object Details: former baptismal font
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Font Location in Church: "Now forming a stone of construction in the tower of the church" (Walker, 1887, p. 395)
Site Location: Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located about 15 km WNW of Dumphries up the B729 (dir. Kirkland)
Additional Comments: recycled stoup?: a small bowl, now forming a stone of construction in the tower of the church, and said to have been used as a baptismal font [cf. Index entry for Dunscore No. 1 for a rectangular-shaped baptismal font from this location]
Font Notes:
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Described in Walker (1887) as a small bowl, now forming a stone of construction in the tower of the church, and said to have been used as a baptismal font, although Walker suggests a piscina or stoup instead.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 450305 6110693
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 55.140401, -3.779592
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 55° 8′ 25.45″ N, 3° 46′ 46.53″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Basin Interior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
Diameter (inside rim): 25 cm
Notes on Measurements: Walker (1887: 395)
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. 395 and ill. on p. 394