Stravalla No. 2 / Stråvalla

INFORMATION

FontID: 22657STR

Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (base only)

Church/Chapel: Stråvalla kyrka

Church Location: Stråvalla kyrka, V, Varberg, Sweden

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Halland, Hallands län

Directions to Site: Located off (NE) the N853.01-E6/E20 crossroads, 6-7 km N of Väröbacka, about 30 km N of Vardberg and in its municipality, about 50 km S of Göteborg

Ecclesiastic Region: Göteborgs stift

Historical Region: Viske harad

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 14th century, Gothic

Church Notes: late-13thC church; modified 16th, 17th, 18thC, with detached tower of 1739; restored 1964

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in Hallbäck (1969) as the surviving base of a baptismal font of the 14th century. [NB: we have not been able to discover the present whereabouts of this fragment, but it apparently was [is?] used inside the church as the base supporting a metal dish].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.298808, 12.217583

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 17′ 55.71″ N, 12° 13′ 3.3″ E

UTM: 33V 332359 6354075

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar i Halland, 1969