Eoropie / Eòrapaidh
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Scene Description: logo of the Scottish Episcopal Church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Colin Smith August 2011
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (email of 11 September 2011)
view of basin and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken by Colin Smith August 2011
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (email of 11 September 2011)
view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Zenit, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 June 2009 by Zenit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teampull_Mholuaidh] [accessed 22 January 2012]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Zenit, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 June 2009 by Zenit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teampull_Mholuaidh] [accessed 22 January 2012]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the old basin raised on a modern base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Colin Smith August 2011
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (email of 11 September 2011)
INFORMATION
FontID: 17867EOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Church of St. Moluag / Teampull Mholuaidh
Church Patron Saints: St. Moluag [aka Lua, Luan, Luanus, Lugaidh, Mholuaidh, Moloag, Molluog, Molua, Murlach]
Country Name: Scotland
Location: Western Isles, Eilean Siar / Outer Hebrides
Directions to Site: Located on the N tip of Lewis Island, NW of Port of Ness
Historical Region: Outer Hebrides
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and font
Font Notes:
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The baptismal font here consists of an irregular round basin raised on a modern circular pedestal base. The font cover is falt and round, with metal decoration and ring handle. The old basin is very small in size and may have belonged to the original 13th-century church.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.504167, -6.259167
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 30′ 15″ N, 6° 15′ 33″ W
UTM: 29V 659697 6488101
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]