Cartington Castle / Kartyngton Castle nr. Thropton

INFORMATION

FontID: 15900CAR
Object Type: Stoup?
Church/Chapel: Castle chapel?
Country Name: England
Location: Northumberland, North East
Directions to Site: The ruins of the castle are located off the B6341, near Thropton, 4-5 km NW of Rothbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Newcastle
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: Medieval
Font Notes:
Mackenzie (1825) note the discovery in the ruins of the castle of "what appears to have been a font for holy water" and a number of religious statues and other sacred objects, which "are perhaps sufficient to prove, that near the front, or south of the castle, has formerly stood a church or chapel, now totally buried in oblivion." [NB: we have no information on the whereabouts of the recovered stoup]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

MacKenzie, Eneas, An historical, topographical, and descriptive view of the County of Northumberland, and of those parts of the County of Durham situated north of the river Tyne, with Berwick upon Tweed and […], Newcastle upon Tyne: Printed and published by Mackenzie and Dent […], 1825