Tarves / Tarbhais
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2024
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 29 September 2024)
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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 - 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 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
FontID: 25731TAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church
Church Location: Tarves, AB41 7JF Ellon, United Kingdom
Country Name: Scotland
Location: Aberdeenshire
Directions to Site: Located off road B999, in the municipality and 10 km W of Ellon, about 30 km N of Aberdeen
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church
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
Font Notes:
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[NB: we have no information on the baptismal font of the original and/or meedieval church(es) here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.371141, -2.219443
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 22′ 17″ N, 2° 13′ 14″ W
UTM: 30V 547116 6358474