What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Fortingall Churchyard, Old Baptismal Font as Font (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Fortingall Churchyard's old baptismal font is associated with St Fillan, a 7th-century Irish monk and saint linked to the early Christianization of Perthshire. Local tradition holds that the font, possibly of Pictish origin, was used for holy water and baptisms, and its site is connected to broader pilgrimage practices in the region.
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