Aldbar
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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 409)
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BBL01: design element - motifs - rope
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: Walker (1887: 409)
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view of font - elevation and section
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 409)
Copyright Instructions: PD
INFORMATION
FontID: 00966ALD
Church/Chapel: The ruined chapel at Aldbar
Church Location: Aberlemmo, Brechin DD9 6SW, United Kingdom
Country Name: Scotland
Location: Angus, Angus
Directions to Site: Located S of the A90, near Aberlemmo
Historical Region: formerly Forfarshire
Font Location in Church: In the ruined chapel
Cognate Fonts: Stylistically related to the font at Restennet, but not identical
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described and illustrated in Walker (1887) as a font similar to the one at Restennet [cf. Index entry for Restennet], but this one is round rather than octagonal and has a narrower lower end, as if to match the cylindrical stem of the base which must have sustained it. The blind arcade around the basin sides has round shallow arches; the lower edge of the basin has a thick rope moulding all around, identical to the one at Restennet in the same position. Walker [cf. supra] also points out the curious shape of the drain channel, which widens out towards the bottom.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
56° 42′ 49″ N,
2° 41′ 55″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cylindrical
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: [cf. Font notes]
Rim Thickness: 10-11 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 38.75 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 60 cm
Basin Depth: 20 cm
Basin Total Height: 45 cm
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"]