Kilchieron / Cill Chrèanain / Kilchieran / Kilchrenan / Kilkeran

INFORMATION

Font ID: 09294KIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Old Church [in ruins]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Address: Kilcheran, Oban PA34 5UQ, UK
Site Location: Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B845, on the island of Islay, western Scotland, 3 km S of Kilchoman, N of Annat, about 2 km inland from Loch Awe
Additional Comments: abandoned font
Font Notes:
Noted in Muir (1873) in the ruins of a former chapel located in Kilchieran: "Lying within the area of the ruin there is part of a baptismal font". Walker (1887) refers to Muir's report.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30V 365473 6247912
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 56.35673, -5.17729
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 56° 21′ 24.23″ N, 5° 10′ 38.24″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Muir, Thomas S., Ecclesiological Notes on Some of the Islands of Scotland, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1885, p. 15