Coupar-Angus No. 2 / Cupar-Angus
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 413)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00968COU
Object Type: Stoup?
Church / Chapel Name: Probably from the ruined abbey
Font Location in Church: In the printer's shop [ca. 1887]
Church Notes: The abbey is now [ca. 1887] in ruins
Church Address: 30 Queen St, Coupar Angus, Blairgowrie PH13 9DE, United Kingdom
Site Location: Perth & Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 8 km ESE of Blairgowrie/Rattray, 20-22 km N of Perth
Historical Region: formerly Forfarshire
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: reported by Walker ca. 1887 as serving to hold a printer's types
Font Notes:
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Described in Walker (1887) as a "small circular bowl, with a circular orifice [i.e., basin well] and side drain [...], probably from the old abbey church. Its present [i.e., 1887] duty is to hold a printer's types." (Ibid., p. 411). [NB: given the measurements supplied in Walker, this must have been a holy-water stoup]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30V 483606 6267328
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 56.55, -3.266667
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 56° 33′ 0″ N, 3° 16′ 0″ 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: Side drainage system
Rim Thickness: 10 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 32.5 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 52.5 cm
Basin Depth: 25 cm
Notes on Measurements: Walker (1887: 411)
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. 411 and ill. on p. 413