Ravenstruther No. 2
Image copyright © Ed Archer, 2004?
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ed Archer, 2004?
Image Source: Ed Archer, in Miscellany of the LADAS (Lanark and District Archaeological Society) [cf. www.btinternet.com/~ian.borthwick/LADAS/act/misc.html]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 09398RAV
Object Type: Stoup?
Church/Chapel: [it may have been originally from the chapel of St. Mary of Welbent]
Country Name: Scotland
Location: South Lanarkshire
Directions to Site: Ravenstruther is located just south of the A721, 6-7 km ENE of Lanark, 45-50 km WSW of Edinburgh down the A70
Font Location in Church: [found buried in the area near Ravenstruther]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
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An entry by Ed Archer in the Miscellany of the LADAS (Lanark and District Archaeological Society) [cf. www.btinternet.com/~ian.borthwick/LADAS/act/misc.html] describes and illustrates fragment of a bucket-shaped object , "either a small font or, more likely, a holy water stoup". It is painted, and Archer suggests that "it could belong to the original chapel of St Mary of Welbent, which is thought to have been founded in the late twelfth century by Bishop Ingram. The revenues of this chapel were confirmed as belonging to Glasgow Cathedral by a charter of Pope Alexander III." [cf. Index entry for Ravenstruther No. 1 for an octagonal basin possibly of the 15th century found in this same area]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: [fragment]
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round