Rheaby-mooar
INFORMATION
FontID: 09292RHE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Old chapel [in ruins]
Country Name: England
Location: Isle of Man, Isle of Man
Directions to Site: Located near the parish of St. Patrick, in the SW area of the island
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1860 in the ruins of the chapel
Century and Period: Medieval
Font Notes:
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"At Rheaby-mooar there are the remains of a chapel, walls two feet high, burial ground [a]bout a quarter of an acre in extent. The ancient baptismal font -a rude granite block- lies there, about three yards distant from a well in the neighbourhood of the chapel". [source: "Vestigia Insulae Manniae Antiquora", translated and edited by H.R. Oliver, in an extract from the report of the Rev. A. Holmes, vicar of Kirk Patrick sent to the Council of the Manx Society -- transcription by F. Coakley, 2001, vol. 5 of Manx Soc Publications [www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/manxsoc]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one