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Image Source: Walker (1887: 403)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00959SOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: The old church now in ruins
Font Location in Church: "The bowl stands now [ca. 1887] close by the manse door, not far from the churchyard in which stand the remains of the old church" (Walker, 1887, p. 402)
Site Location: Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located S of The Machars, about 18 km S of Newton Stewart on the A714/A746
Additional Comments: abandoned or unused font: "The bowl stands now [ca. 1887] close by the manse door, not far from the churchyard in which stand the remains of the old church" (Walker, 1887, p. 402)
Font Notes:
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Described in Walker (1887) as a "plain octagonal bowl, with a circular orifice [i.e., inner well] and large bottom drain. Each side of the octagon is formed into a panel by a marginal V-shaped incision." (Ibid., p. 402). Walker's drawing shows the holes of the lid staples on the upper surface of the rim.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 408099 6072527
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 54.791506, -4.429308
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 54° 47′ 29.42″ N, 4° 25′ 45.51″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Diameter (inside rim): 47.5 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 62.5 cm
Basin Depth: 21.25 cm
Basin Total Height: 46.25 cm
Notes on Measurements: Walker (1887: 402)
LID INFORMATION
Notes: Evidence remains of two lid-related marks on the upper rim of the basin
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. 402 and ill. on p. 403