Monument record MHG7636 - Applecross - Font found 1874
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 7142 4585 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG74NW |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | APPLECROSS |
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See also:
NG74NW0001 (Parent) St. Maelrubha's monastery
NG74NW0002 Cross-slab
NG74NW0003 Churchyard chapel
NG74NW0005 Old Parish Church
NG74NW0006 Burial Ground
NG74NW0014 Font
JW 11/10/00
(NG 7142 4585) Holy Water Font found here AD 1874 (NAT)
OS B6"map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)
The Name Book records that a stone resembling a holy water font was found in the spring of 1874 and Macrow adds that it was used as a poultry drinking-trough by the manse incumbents.
Name Book 1875; B G Macrow 1953.
This font was not known at the former manse, now a farmhouse.
Visited by OS (R D) 21 July 1965.
Inside the chapel (NG74NW 3) is a broken sandstone block, 0.5m x 0.4m x 0.15m deep, bearing a dished hollow. This may be the alleged font found in 1874, although it looks more like a broken saddle quern. Visited by OS (A A) 31 May 1974.
SEE NG 74 SW 0001 and NG 74 NW 0003A
1st ed describes "Holy Water Font found here in 1874" in a spot to the east of the graveyard - HAW 10/2002
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
