Balquhidder / Balquidder
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 405)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00962BAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Church of Balquhidder
Font Location in Church: The font "lies in the lovely churchyard of Balquhidder, close by the side wall of the old church" (Walker, 1887, p. 407)
Church Notes: Walker (1887) reports the old church here as being from the First-Pointed date.
Church Address: Balquhidder Parish Church, FK19 8PA Balquhidder, United Kingdom
Site Location: Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located at the NE tip of Loch Voil, about 45-50 km WNW of Stirling (follow the A84 up to Kingshouse Hotel/ Auchtoo, at the N end of the Queen Elizabeth Forest Park; there make a left to Balquhidder)
Additional Comments: abandoned or unused font: The font "lies in the lovely churchyard of Balquhidder, close by the side wall of the old church" (Walker, 1887, p. 407)
Font Notes:
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Described in Walker (1887) as a "large, rude, lumpish bowl, of hemispherical form" with a very small drain. It resembles somewhat the basin found at Killin, about 13 km to the north, although the latter is shallower and more "refined" in overall shape. The upper surface of the basin still shows the two holes, at opposite ends, for the lid lock.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30V 415163 6246660
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 56.357, -4.373
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 56° 21′ 25.2″ N, 4° 22′ 22.8″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: "the drain is remarkably small" (Walker, 1887)
Diameter (inside rim): 50 x 40 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 75 x 60 cm*
Basin Depth: 26.25 cm
Basin Total Height: 50 cm
Notes on Measurements: Walker (1887: 407) [NB: the object is oblong with rounded sides]
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. 407 and ill. on p. 405