Dundee
INFORMATION
Font ID: 06698DUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Cathedral Church of St. Paul [irg. from Lindores Abbey]
Font Location in Church: Now in St Paul's cathedral, Dundee; orig. form Lindores Abbey
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral,_Dundee
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Paul
Church Notes: The Abbey was founded at the end of the 12th century. It was ransacked in the mid-16th century.
Site Location: Perth & Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: The Cathedral is in Castlehill, High Street -- Lindores Abbey, now in ruins, is in Newburgh, north Fife, off the A913
Font Notes:
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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]