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St Columba's Font

Font (period Unassigned)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records St Columba's 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.
St Columba's Font is associated with St Columba, a 6th-century Irish monk and missionary who was instrumental in the Christianization of Scotland. Traditionally, such fonts are linked to early Christian baptismal practices and may have been sites of pilgrimage or local religious observance.

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