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Image Source: Walker (1887: 403)

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00959SOR
Church/Chapel: The old church now in ruins
Country Name: Scotland
Location: Dumfries and Galloway
Directions to Site: Located S of The Machars, about 18 km S of Newton Stewart on the A714/A746
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)
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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 54.791506, -4.429308
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 54° 47′ 29.42″ N, 4° 25′ 45.51″ W
UTM: 30U 408099 6072527

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
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; r["References"]