Dundrennan
Font (Medieval)
Site Name Dundrennan
Classification Font (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Kirkcudbright, Selkirk Arms Hotel
Canmore ID 63913
Site Number NX64NE 33
NGR NX 6831 5087
NGR Description Moved from NX 675 493 to NX 6831 5087
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/63913
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkcudbright
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX64NE 33 moved from 675 493 to 6831 5087
A font, said to have come from Dundrennan, now stands at the SE angle of the modern mansion house of St Mary's Isle, (NX 675 493) having been placed on a large circular stone by the present proprieter. The upper part is octagonal, 2'2" across, and has an inscription incised on the vertical surface, now much obliterated, little more than the date of 1481 or 1482 being legible. This font, an unusually fine example of its period, is suffering from exposure to the weather.
RCAHMS 1914, visited 1912
This font, set on a large circular stone, is now in the garden at the rear of the 'Selkirk Arms Hotel', Kirkcudbright (NX 68 50).
Visited by OS (WDJ) 8 January 1971.
The font is also recorded under NX65SE 95.01, the Selkirk Arms Hotel, Kirkcudbright where it is now located.
Information from RCAHMS (PM) 30 July 2002.
NX64NE 33 675 493
NX65SE 95.01 682 508 New location of font behind Selkirk Arms Hotel, Kirkcudbright
Publication Account (1978)
High Street contains a number of fine eighteenth-century dwellings, including the splendid townhouse of the Murray family, Broughtoun House (MacLeod, 1973, 23). Closes, which Heron wrote of, line High street at right angles and lead to outbuildings. A fifteenth-century font stands in the garden of the Selkirk Arms Hotel which has been a hostelry since 1777. The font, which possibly comes from Dundrennan Abbey has been variously used; as a water trough for rain water, a stepping stone, and in an outhouse at Bombie (MacLeod, 1973, 27).
Information from ‘Historic Kirkcudbright: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1978).
