Kirkconnel / Kirkconnell / Cille Chonaill
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kirkconnel Parish Historical Society, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph in the Kirkconnel Parish Historical Society website [http://www.kirkconnel.org] [accessed 10 May 2010]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kirkconnel Parish Historical Society, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph in the Kirkconnel Parish Historical Society website [http://www.kirkconnel.org] [accessed 10 May 2010]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
FontID: 16513KIR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church [originally from St. Connell's Church, Kirkland?]
Country Name: Scotland
Location: Dumfries and Galloway
Directions to Site: Located on the A76 [Coordinates: 55 23N 4 00 W]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church at Kirkconnell
Century and Period: Medieval [altered]
Font Notes:
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The Kirkconnel Parish Historical Society website [http://www.kirkconnel.org] [accessed 10 May 2010] notes: "The base of an 11th century cross was found in the dyke of the west glebe. There is no doubt that it came from Kirkland, the site of the old church. [...] It is the oldest item in the Church. The bowl which holds the water has engraved on the back the names of all the ministers of St. Conal's from Peter Rae 1732 to William McKenzie Cameron 1958-1969." [NB: it refers to the small metal bowl insert that is used to hold the baptismal water -- the original cross may have been from nearby St. Connel's church, Kirkland, now in ruins] ]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: rectangular
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular