Dundee

INFORMATION

FontID: 06698DUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Cathedral Church of St. Paul [irg. from Lindores Abbey]
Church Patron Saints: St. Paul
Country Name: Scotland
Location: Perth & Kinross
Directions to Site: The Cathedral is in Castlehill, High Street -- Lindores Abbey, now in ruins, is in Newburgh, north Fife, off the A913
Font Location in Church: Now in St Paul's cathedral, Dundee; orig. form Lindores Abbey
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Church Notes: The Abbey was founded at the end of the 12th century. It was ransacked in the mid-16th century.
Font Notes:
The ancient font from the Benedictine abbey of Lindores was reset at St. Paul's Cathedral in Dundee. [source: www.dooropendays.org.uk/dun.htm]