What is recorded here

Plain octagonal stone, irregular sides, oval basin, wave-like worn rim, drain-hole blocked, moved from the medieval parish church to the graveyard path, then the house lawn, now inside St Martin’s Roman Catholic church at Culmullin. It has been carried across yards and years like a small domestic thing, yet it is the kind of vessel where water was poured onto new life. Its uneven panels and damaged edges suggest handling, not display. To stand beside it is to be inside a room where ceremony kept returning after every removal.

This font was located inside the medieval parish church of Culmullin (ME043-017----) (Cogan 1862-70, 2, 351), but it was moved to a place by the path through the graveyard (Roe 1968, 112-3) and later it was on the lawn of Culmullin House (ME043-018001-) (Moore 1987, 151). The font is now in St Martin’s Roman Catholic church at Culmullin. It is a plain octagonal font with an irregular shape (ext. dims 0.55m x 0.46m; H 0.56m). The sides are of uneven length (L 0.18-0.29m) and this creates an oval basin (int. dims 0.43m x 0.36m; max. D 0.21m) that has a wave-like rim from wear. The lower panels (H 0.32m) are set slightly back from the upper but they are vertical, although some are damaged, and the central drain-hole is blocked. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 29 March, 2019

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