Karrakra / Kärråkra
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © VM Foto, 1976
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken in 1976 by VM Foto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kärråkra_kyrka_Interiör_1975.jpg] [accessed 28 February 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22589KAR
Church/Chapel: Kärråkra kyrka
Church Location: Unnamed Road, Kärråkra, 520 24 Blidsberg, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located N of the 46-162 crossroads, in the municipality and about 16 km NNW of Ulricehamn
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque / Transitional?
Church Notes: possible wooden church here; re-built in stone late-12th or early-13thC; modified and enlarged 18th, 19th and 20thC
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font of sandstone noted in Hallbäck (1966). No entry for this font in Medeltidens bildvärld.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
57.961972,
13.363611
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
57° 57′ 43.1″ N,
13° 21′ 49″ E
UTM: 33V 403178 6425649
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, sandstone
REFERENCES
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Sjuhäradsbygden", Från Borås och de sju häradena 1966, 1966