Fortrose / A' Chananaich
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Image Source: MacGibbon & Ross (1896-1897, v. II: fig. 812)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 05689FOR
Church/Chapel: Cathedral of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: Scotland
Location: Highland
Directions to Site: Located on the northern bank of the Moray Firth, on the A832, about 15 km NW of Inverness
Historical Region: Scottish Highlands
Font Location in Church: Stands against the east wall of the aisle [ca. 1896]
Century and Period: 16th century,
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described and illustrated in MacGibbon & Ross (1896-1897, v. II: 401 and fig. 812): "an octagonal font of remarkable design [...] stands against the east wall of the aisle." Odd, perhaps, rather than "remarkable", the basin is octagonal with vertical sides and plain rectangular panels totally unadorned; brief chamfer at the underbowl; the base is an octagonal pedestal curved inwards at the middle, and stands on a short octagonal plinth.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
MacGibbon, David, Ecclesiastical Architecture of Scotland: from the Earliest Christian Times to the Seventeenth Century, Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1896-1897