Dunino

INFORMATION

FontID: 05241DUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font3?
Church/Chapel: not in a church
Country Name: Scotland
Location: Fife
Directions to Site: Located 5-6 km SE of St. Andrews, about 25 km south of Dundee
Font Location in Church: This font (?) is not in a church; it is located about one hundred yards from the parish church
Font Notes:
"In the parish of Dunino, near St Andrews, about a hundred yards from the parish church, there is a primitive rock basin, which has been held to be a font. It consists of a circular basin, which has been scooped out of the solid rock, and may measure about 5 feet in diameter, and 4 feet in depth." Cited in Bond (1908: 27-28) after Notes and Queries (4. 2. 157, and 4. 3. 199).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round (sunken)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Diameter (inside rim): 150 cm*
Basin Depth: 120 cm*
Notes on Measurements: a/p Bond [cf. Font notes for citation]: 5 ft. in diameter and 4 ft. in depth, both approx.

REFERENCES

Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908