What is recorded here

One chipped sandstone font basin sits upside down at the east end of the Balfeaghan church, its drain hole and three remaining lugs exposed like a broken crown. It is not a whole vessel but a fragment, large enough to show the shape of what was lost and small enough to fit inside a child’s arms. Water once flowed through it, perhaps for baptism, perhaps for washing, and the stones that covered it have been moved until this much remained visible.

A fragment of a sandstone font are secured in the burial enclosure at the E end of the parish church of Balfeaghan (ME049-017----). The fragment (max. dim 0.54m; H 0.17m) is displayed upside down, showing the circular rim of its underside (ext. diam. 0.37m), a sunken area (diam. 0.27m) for the attachment of a shaft, and its drain-hole (diam. 0.12m). Three of an original four lug-like protrusions rise from the outside of the basin. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 April, 2015

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