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Font in Harristown Lower

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Harristown Lower preserves a square granite font inside medieval church ruins, its rounded top marking a basin that never drained away. The stone holds a shallow central depression rather than a through-hole, suggesting water once gathered there for baptism before disappearing into ceremony or memory. People may have stood around it in darkness, pouring life into a dead faith while the church fell into ruin.
In the ruins of a medieval church (KD027-023----) in a graveyard (KD027-023001-). A square granite basin (L 0.85m; Wth 0.85m) with a rounded upper surface (diam. 0.6m) contains a central depression (diam. 0.15m) which does not perforate the stone. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 31 August 2012

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