Stornoway No. 1 / Steòrnabhagh / Point, Eaglais na h-Aoighe
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image and permission received (email of 11 September 2011)
Results: 3 records
view of basin
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken August 2011 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (email of 11 September 2011)
view of church exterior - ruins
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken August 2011 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (email of 11 September 2011)
view of church exterior in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken August 2011 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (email of 11 September 2011)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17866STO
Object Type: Stoup?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: [Parish Church?] [in ruins]
Font Location in Church: Among the ruins of the church
Church Address: ruined old church at Point, Eaglais na h-Aoighe
Site Location: Western Isles, Eilean Siar / Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
Historical Region: Outer Hebrides
Additional Comments: disused stoup? -- Stornoway goes back to Viking-time settlements
Font Notes:
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A fragment of a possible holy-water stoup, now located in the ruins of an old church at Ponit, Eaglais na h-Aoighe.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for the photographs of the object and the surrounding church ruins
COORDINATES
UTM: 29V 653528 6454956
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round