Aberlour

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00965ABE
Church/Chapel: Old church
Church Patron Saints: St. Dunstan? or St. Drostan?
Church Location: Aberlour Burial Ground and Cemetery, High Street, Aberlour AB38 9PT, UK
Country Name: Scotland
Location: Moray
Directions to Site: Located off the A95, about 30 km S of Elgin
Historical Region: formerly Banffshire
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)
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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.469057, -3.229583
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 28′ 8.6″ N, 3° 13′ 46.5″ W
UTM: 30V 486229 6369624

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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