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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 704332
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/704332
NS72SE 2 7980 2380.
(NS 7980 2380) Stone (NR)
OS 6" map (1958)
(NS 7968 2387; NS 7980 2380) Font (NAT)
OS 6" map (1858); 6" map (1912)
Font: An unhewn stone indented with two square basins. The NSA speaks of a church in this locality. No one can point out the site, but the font was probably connected with it.
Name Book 1858
The NSA states: 'On the lands of Glentaggart (NS 813 251) there was a building which was probably a chapel as a font stone was found in it which is still preserved".
NSA 1845 (A Stewart)
NS 7980 2380. An irregular boulder 1.5m x 0.6m x 0.7m high, with two rectangular socket-like holes on the upper surface 0.4m x 0.2m x 0.2m deep. Although described as a font, this stone is similar to others near Sanquhar (NS71SE 8) and the Standard Stone on Culross Moor (NS98NE 6), which are generally believed to be cross socket stones.
No indication of the previous resting place of the stone (NS 7968 2387) was seen.
Visited by OS (JFC) 4 August 1954
This stone is as described and illustrated by the previous
field investigator.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (JB) 10 April 1978
