Turriff
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2024
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view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: "Turriff - St Congan's Church"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 June 2024 by Colin Smirh
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 26297EOK
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 13th century (?)
Church / Chapel Name: Turriff Aul Kirk / St Congan's Old Church
Font Location in Church: disappeared?
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Congan
Church Notes: a church here may have existed in the 7thC; church built 11thC by King Malcolm III; present ruins of a 15thC church with later modifications
Church Address: Church St, Turriff AB53 4AL, United Kingdom
Site Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A947, 15 km S of Banff, about 60 km N of Aberdeen
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney [Scottish Episcopal Church]
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for bringing this site to our attention and for his photograph of the ruins
COORDINATES
UTM: 30V 531990 6377374
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.537746, -2.465657
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 32′ 15.89″ N, 2° 27′ 56.36″ W