What is recorded here

Not an octagon, but a false one: eight sides of unequal length bending the basin into an oval, as if the maker rejected the rule or the stone resisted it. It moved from the church to the graveyard path and now sits on the lawn at Culmullin House, still with its central drain-hole and wave-like rim. The unequal panels suggest a human choice rather than a mistake, perhaps favoring function over perfection.

Originally located within Culmullin church (ME043-017----) (Cogan 1862-70, 2, 351), it was moved to a place by the path through the graveyard (Roe 1968, 112-3), and has now been moved to the lawn of Culmullin House (ME043-018001-), c. 265m too the SSE. It is a plain octagonal font (dims c. 0.6m x. c. 0.5m; H 0.56m) but the sides are of uneven length (L 0.18-0.29m) and create an oval basin (int. dims 0.44m x 0.35m; max. D 0.2m) with a wave-like rim. The lower panels (H 0.32m) are set slightly back from the upper but they are vertical, and there is a central drain-hole. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 March, 2015

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