Isle of May
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 414)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 00971ISL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: St. Adrian's chapel [in ruins]
Church Patron Saints: St. Adrian
Country Name: Scotland
Location: Isle of May
Directions to Site: The Isle of May is located at the mouth of the Firth of Forth, at the same latitude as Dunbar in the S and Arbroath in the N.
Font Location in Church: "It lies within the ruined chapel of St. Adrian" (Walker, 1887)
Church Notes: abbey founded probably 12thC
Font Notes:
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Described in Walker (1887: 412) as "a much mutilated but interesting bowl, evidently of early date. The bowl has been square, with a circular orifice [i.e., basin well] and bottom drain; the holes for fixing the lid are still fairly perfect." The CANMORE entry for this site [https://canmore.org.uk/site/57873/isle-of-may-st-adrians-chapel] [accessed 13 February 2025] informs: "Within its walls and lying displaced on the ground is a roughly dressed font of which the hollow is well-formed. Resurveyed at 1/10 000. Visited by OS (JM), 1 October 1975."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30V 527935 6226205
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: square
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Rim Thickness: 17-18 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 35 cm
Basin Depth: 35 cm
Height of Basin Side: 50 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 70 x [70] cm*
Notes on Measurements: Walker (1887: 412) *[NB: Walker gives the "diameter of the bowl as 2' 4" [i.e., 70 cm], but the outer basin is square in shape]
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. 412 and ill. on p. 414