Tarves / Tarbhais
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2024
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view of church exterior - tomb
Scene Description: The 16thC Tolquhon Tomb
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2024 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 29 September 2024)
view of church exterior - northwest view
![the dedication to a St. Englat [aka Englatius], bishop of Tarves and d. 966 appears to be a false claim; the earliest church was dedicated to St Murdebar [aka Muirdebar]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1240929004_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the dedication to a St. Englat [aka Englatius], bishop of Tarves and d. 966 appears to be a false claim; the earliest church was dedicated to St Murdebar [aka Muirdebar]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2024 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 29 September 2024)
view of church exterior in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2024 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 29 September 2024)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 25731TAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Notes: first church claimed to have been founded here ca. 600AD by the Irish monk St Murdebar [aka Muirdebar]; replaced by a medieval church; demolished and re-built 1798 on a nearby site
Church Address: 7 Kirkbrae, Tarves, Ellon AB41 7JF, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1651 851295
Site Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off road B999, in the municipality and 10 km W of Ellon, about 30 km N of Aberdeen
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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[NB: we have no information on the baptismal font of the original and/or medieval church(es) here].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church
COORDINATES
UTM: 30V 547116 6358474
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.371141, -2.219443
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 22′ 17″ N, 2° 13′ 14″ W