Dunlichity in Strathnairn
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Image Source: Walker (1887: 423)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 00977DUN
Church/Chapel: not in a church
Country Name: Scotland
Location: Highland
Directions to Site: Located in the area just north of Gairloch, in the northwestern highlands, accessible via the A832
Font Location in Church: not in a church
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Walker (1887: 422) writes that "not far from the churchyard of Dunlichity, in Strathnairn, on the road from it to Birn, there lies on the ground, about 5 yards from the road, where a small stream crosses it, a block with a circular basin [...] This basin was used, within the memory of persons living, as a baptismal font for the Episcopalians of Strathnairn, of whom there are still not a few in the district, and for whom there are provided a chapel and a school some mile up the Strath."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: other
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: other
Diameter (inside rim): 50.8 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 43.18 cm
Basin Depth: 10.16 cm
Height of Basin Side: 51 cm
Notes on Measurements: Walker (1887: 422)
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"]