Kirkwall / Kirkjuvágr
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: one of the angels on the modern font
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Stevekeiretsu, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 August 2014 by Stevekeiretsu [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Magnus_Cathedral,_Kirkwall,_viewed_from_the_Bishop's_Palace.jpg] [accessed 7 October 2014]
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view of church exterior - west façade
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view of church exterior - west portal
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: the round object at the bottom-left corner is the top of the font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Chmee2, 2012
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font [cf. FontNotes]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 19460KIR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: St. Magnus Cathedral
Church Patron Saints: St. Magnus Erlendsson
Church Location: Broad St., Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1NX, Scotland, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1856 874894
Country Name: Scotland
Location: Orkney, Orkney
Directions to Site: Located on the northern coast of Mainland Orkney
Date: ca. 1137?
Century and Period: 12th century, Medieval
Church Notes: original church started 1137 by Viking Earl Rognvald -- It is owned not by the church, but by the burgh of Kirkwall as a result of an act of King James III of Scotland following Orkney's annexation by the Scottish Crown in 1468
Font Notes:
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The present font, located at the west end of the nave, is modern. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original 12th-century church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.982222, -2.958889
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 58′ 56″ N, 2° 57′ 32″ W
UTM: 30V 502363 6538073