Killean
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 420); drawing after Capt. White
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00975KIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of Killean
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1558570
Site Location: Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: The parish of Killean is located a few miles S of Tayinloan in the peninsula of Kintyre. The whole Killean area appears to be now a estate with houses for holiday rentals
Additional Comments: abandoned or unused font: "old roughly-formed stone" that was found "in the burn which runs close by the remains of the church" (Walker, 1887)
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Walker (1887) informs of an "old roughly-formed stone" that was found "in the burn which runs close by the remains of the church" and describes it as "small in size, with the usual circular basin cut out on its upper portion for holding the water." He also informs that the "proprietor of Lairgie" brought it back to the church, "to which it, no doubt, originally belonged." (Ibid., p. 421)
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 55.6144252300, -5.6836670920
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Basin Interior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
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. 421 and ill. on p. 420