Edinburgh No. 2

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10319EDI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Collegiate Church of the Holy Trinity [aka Trinity Chapel]
Font Location in Church: [current location unknown]
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_College_Kirk
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Site Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: The Chapel was originally in the SW side of Low Calton; dismantled in 1848; rebuilt in 1873 south of Waterloo Place
Font Notes:
Reported in the AOC Archaeology Group: 'Calton Hill Conservation Plan' (1999): The church that "once stood on the south-western side of Low Calton (now Calton Rd) [...] was damaged by Cromwell's troop, but restored in 1653. It was demolished [...] in 1848 [...], eventually rebuilt in 1873 by which it is estimated that 75% of the original masonry had been illicitly re-used elsewhere [...]. The stoup or font is still in existence, although the current location has not been researched for this report".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • AOC Archaeology Group, "Calton Hill Conservation Plan", Appendix 5.0 (August 1999), Archaeological Gazetteer, 1999