Bornish / Bornais

Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011

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Results: 5 records

view of church exterior - east view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tom Richardson, 2005

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 May 2005 by Tom Richardson [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/938033] [accessed 2 September 2011]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - northeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © RCAHMS, 1964

Image Source: photograph (1964) in the RCAHMS [IN1072 (1964)] [http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/images/l/972762/] [accessed 2 September 2011]

Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

view of church exterior - northwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2011 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church interior - altar and font

Scene Description: after the 1955 renovation of the chancel and presbitery

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2011 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font and cover

Scene Description: the modern font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2011 by Colin Smith

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

FontID: 17641BOR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary (Roman Catholic)
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Scotland
Location: Western Isles, Eilean Siar / Outer Hebrides
Directions to Site: Located on South Uist, in the Western Isles, near Ardkenneth, Lochboisdale/Loch Baghasdail
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Argyll and the Isles
Historical Region: Inverness-Shire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the presbitery, by the altar
Date: ca. 1955?
Century and Period: 20th century (mid?), Modern
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and font
Baptismal font consisting of a plain square basin with chamfered upper corners, raised on a pedestal made of multiple blocks. The wooden cover, attached to the basin is octagonal, with hasp lock. Both font and cover are modern, perhaps from the 1955 renovation of the church [NB: we have no information on the earlier font of the original church of 1838/1839]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]