Inchrye / Abdie

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view of font - plan, elevation, section and sketch

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00957INC
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of Abdie [in ruins]
Country Name: Scotland
Location: Fife
Directions to Site: Located in the area N of Glenrothes and S of the Firth of Tay, just W of the A92 from Kirkcaldy to Dundee. Inchrye is almost opposite the fine old ruined pre-Reformation church of Abdie.
Font Location in Church: "[the font] stands beside the fine mansion-house of Inchrye, in the parish of Abdie" (Walker, 1887, p. 396)
Church Notes: church consecrated 1242
Described in Walker (1887) as a "curious-looking bowl" standing now [ca. 1887] beside the fine mansion-house of Inchrye, in the parish of Abdie. Inchrye is almost opposite the fine old ruined pre-Reformation church of Abdie, which Walker suggests as the origin of this "font" (it could very well be a holy-water stoup instead]. Although of a general square shape the object is quite irregular: almost cruciform of plan, its section resembles an anvil and its elevation is squarish; at least one of the sides has an ornamentation resembling a pair of walking canes diagonal to the sides and touching at the back of the handles.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.3337, -3.1988
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 20' 1" N, 3° 11' 55" W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: square
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Diameter (inside rim): 27.5 cm
Basin Depth: 16.25 cm
Basin Total Height: 33.75 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 46.25 x [??] cm
Notes on Measurements: Walker (1887: 401) [NB: very irregular in shape]

REFERENCES

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"]