Keeill Pharic, Ballafreer nr. Marown
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Image Source: Oliver (1868: pl. 7)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05544KEE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 6th - 7th century, Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: Keeill Pharic
Font Location in Church: [unknown]
Site Location: Isle of Man, Isle of Man, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located near Marown
Font Notes:
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Noted in Oliver (1868) as one of a group of "rude stone vessels called 'fonts'", found in the 'Keills', a type of ecclesiastical building introduced in the middle of the 6th century in the Isle of Man. The object may or may not have been a baptismal font.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: other
Basin Interior Shape: other
Basin Exterior Shape: other
REFERENCES
- Oliver, J.R., Antiquitates Manniae, or a collection of memoirs on the antiquities of the Isle of Man, London: Printed for the Manx Society, 1868, p. 83 and pl. 7