Islay, Loch Finlaggan, Eilean Mor
Findspot (19th Century), Font (Medieval)(Possible), Basin (Stone)(Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Islay, Loch Finlaggan, Eilean Mor
Classification Findspot (19th Century), Font (Medieval)(Possible), Basin (Stone)(Medieval)(Possible)
Canmore ID 76281
Site Number NR36NE 5.01
NGR NR 3886 6812
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/76281
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Killarow And Kilmeny
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
Note (1984)
NR36NE 5.01 3886 6812
Part of the rim of a stone basin, decorated with an undulating plant-stem of medieval character, was found 'under the ruins of the east end of the chapel' about 1830*. The present whereabouts of this fragment, which may have formed part of a font or stoup, is unknown.
RCAHMS 1984
*Campbell 1860-2, 4, 400. A letter from J F Campbell to John Ramsey (in possession of Mrs I Ramsay, Surnaig: Copy in NMRS) refers to this fragment, described as 'the stone from which the the Lords of the Isles were holy watered', as Campbell's own property.
