Kilbride

INFORMATION

FontID: 14783KIL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Brigid?
Country Name: Scotland
Location: Argyll and Bute
Directions to Site: The village is located to the NW of Lamlash Bay
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
MacArthur (1873) notes: "Near the door, and built into the northern wall, are the font and piscina." A report from the North Ayrshire Council (HB No. 13441, item no. 51 -- 28 Jan. 1994) [http://hsewsf.sedsh.gov.uk/hslive/hsstart?P_HBNUM=13441] [accessed 2 June 2009] notes: "situated to front of E end, grey stone cross on base depicting the spirit of Christ rising from a chalice, small round baptismal font. Both items unearthed in the graveyard of the old Kilbride Church in 1892, and thought to be of 14th century origin".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

MacArthur, John, The Antiquities of Arran with a Historical Sketch of the Island, embracing […], Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1873