Peterhead / Ceann Phàdraig / Muckle Kirk

Noted in the Peterhead Muckle Kirk Parish website [http://www.mucklekirk.co.uk/History/200_years.htm] [accessed 31 January 2010]:"Baptismal Font at the East Door: This rough hewn grey granite font was found many years ago on the shore near the old Crosse & Blackwell site. It was taken to the Muckle Kirk grounds where it lay. Recently it has been taken inside and is now used as a decorative plant holder. At present it is not quite clear as to whether it came from the previous church which only lasted 30yrs due to structural problems or whether it came from the earlier church before that ; some of the ruined walls of which can still be seen today at the Auld Kirk Yard Cemetery, South Road. Perhaps there is another explanation but at least it seems fitting that it has been returned to a church setting."