Aberlour
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 406)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00965ABE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Old Church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Dunstan? or St. Drostan?
Church Notes: Walker (1887): "the Ordnance Gazetter states the old church of Aberlour was dedicated to St Drostan; but 'Truth', in a letter in the Elgin Courier, November 9, 1886, states the dedication to have been to St Dunstan. The letter refers to the removal of the font." (ibid., p. 408)
Church Address: Aberlour Burial Ground and Cemetery, High Street, Aberlour AB38 9PT, UK
Site Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A95, about 30 km S of Elgin
Historical Region: formerly Banffshire
Font Notes:
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Described in Walker (1887) as a "small plain circular bowl, with circular orifice [i.e., basin well] and side drain". His illustration (ibid., p. 406) shows a monolithic basin of vertical sides and hemispheric underbowl, totally plain; the "orifice", as Walker calls the inside well of the basin, is very shallow in relation to the bulk of the basin.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30V 486229 6369624
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.469057, -3.229583
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 28′ 8.6″ N, 3° 13′ 46.5″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cylindrical, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: Side drainage system
Rim Thickness: 11 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 52.5 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 75 cm
Basin Depth: 22.5 cm
Basin Total Height: 75 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 75 cm (no base)
Notes on Measurements: Walker (1887: 408)
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