Dyce
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 406)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Electric Scotland, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 February 2008 [http://www.electricscotland.com/historic/grampian.html] [accessed 20 July 2010]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 00964DYC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Old church at Dyce, Aberdeen
Font Location in Church: The font is now located outside the church
Site Location: Aberdeen City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located in the NW suburbs of Aberdeen, just E of the airport
Additional Comments: abandoned, damaged and unused font
Font Notes:
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The object reported as the former baptismal font from the old church of Dyce is not only "very singular-looking", as Walker (1887) described it, but also defies meaningful description as a baptismal font: it may have been originally somewhat cylindrical, with one side of the "basin" broken off, it appears to have a large drain hole, but it does not not go through -- was this a font?.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30V 547802 6343186
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.229275, -2.20823
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 13′ 45.39″ N, 2° 12′ 29.63″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cylindrical
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
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. 408 and ill. on p. 406