Huntingdon No. 3 / Huntandene / Huntantum
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07648HUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 4th - 5th century, Early Christian
Site Location: Cambridgeshire, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Huntingdon is located 25 km WNW of Cambridge up the A14
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Ely
Historical Region: formerly Huntingdonshire
Font Notes:
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Reported in Petts (2003: 111) as a baptismal lead tank found in the River Ouse.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, lead
Font Shape: round?
Basin Interior Shape: round?
Basin Exterior Shape: round?
REFERENCES
- Petts, David, "Votive Deposits and Christian Practice in Late Roman Britain", The Cross Goes North: Processes of Conversion in Northern Europe, AD 300-1300, York: York Medieval Press, 2003, p. 111