Edinburgh No. 3

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10320EDI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: [originally from St. Ninian's Chapel, in Calton Hill -- moved to Abbotsford inn 1778]
Font Location in Church: [moved to Abbotsford in 1778]
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Ninian_and_Triduana%27s_Church,_Edinburgh
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Ninian [aka Nynia]
Site Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Font Notes:
Reported in the AOC Archaeology Group: 'Calton Hill Conservation Plan' (1999): "The last vestiges of the chapel --said to be only a vaulted ground storey or crypt and a font or holy-water stoup (Wilson 1873, 353)-- were destroyed in 1812-17, when the Regents Bridge was built [...] The putative stoup was removed in 1778 and eventually ended up at Abbotsford (Wilson 1873, 353). The stoup or font is still in existence, although its 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