Bjarklunda No. 2 / Bjarka / Bjärka / Bjärklunda / Bjerka / Bjerklunda / Harlunda / Härlunda

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information

Scene Description: includes a description of where it was found, built into the chancel arch, and some measurements

view of font in context

Scene Description: the interior of the new church of Bjärklunda -- in the foreground is a partial view of the old font said to be originally from the disappeared church at Skrelunda [

INFORMATION

FontID: 22773BJA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Bjärklunda kyrka [found in Härlunda gamla kyrka ruins; perhaps originally from Skrelunda]
Church Location: [NB: address and coordinates are for the site of the ruins of the old church] Skara Ö, 532 94 Broddetorp, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: The site of the ruins of the old church is located just N of Dagsnäs slott, about half way between road 184 (W) and the W shore of Hornborgasjön (E)
Ecclesiastic Region: [Skara stift]
Historical Region: Gudhems härad
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: church ruins excavated 1929
Font Notes:
The second old font from the medieval church at Härlunda is reported now [2010] to be located in the porch [vapenhuset] of the Bjärklunda parish church. The report on the excavations at Härlunda gamla kyrka [https://shfstor.blob.core.windows.net/harlunda-bjarka/uploads/file/Rapport_2018_5.pdf [accessed 30 June 2020] notes that according to Rahn (1993) the plain font may have been originally from a disappeared font at nearby Skrelunda, but the writer of the report remarks that the claim cannot be corroborated [="Från Härlunda kyrka kommer två dopfuntar och en av dem kan ha tillhört någon annan kyrka i trakten. Den ena av dem står enligt Rahn redovisad under Skrelunda förmodade men ej dokumenterade kyrka (Rahn 1993)." The same report (ibid.) also cites Rahn's description of the second font, noting that it had meen found built into the chancel arch of Härlunda gamla kyrka: cylindrical and plain, 72 cm in diameter and 52 cm tall, provided with a central drain hole [= "Den andra cuppan som kommer från Härlunda är av sandsten. Den är cylindrisk, odekorerad med rundad undersida. Cuppan är 72 cm i diameter och 52 cm hög, ett uttömningshål finns centraltRester efter murbruk finns enligt Rahn på den odekorerade cuppa , det skulle kunna tyda på att den varit inmurad i triumfbågen så som Gyllenhaal beskrivitfunten och höra samman med det fundament som hittats (Rahn s 89)", and includes a drawing of it. [NB: the references mentioned in the report above are: 1) Kilander (1993) Ur J.A. Gyllenhaals resejournal 1773. Boken om Härlunda-Bjärka. Del 1. Nossebro. 2) Rahn (1993) Beskrivning av de forna kyrkorna Härlunda och Bjärka och deras kända inventarier samt den förmodade men ej dokumenterade kyrkan Skrelunda. Boken om Härlunda-Bjär-ka. Del 1. Nossebro. and 3) Hallbäck (1971-72) Medeltida dopfuntar i Skaraborg].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.2956, 13.4904
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 17′ 44.16″ N, 13° 29′ 25.44″ E
UTM: 33V 411510 6462613

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 72 cm*
Basin Total Height: 52 cm*