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Font in Fontstown Lower

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Font in Fontstown Lower
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Half a square granite font still holds water in the ruined church at Fontstown Lower, its rounded corners worn smooth by centuries of hands. The missing half may have fallen during a storm or been broken by men who stopped believing, leaving behind a basin deep enough to drown a small life but not wide enough to hide the act. Children likely dipped fingers into that shallow depth, feeling the chill rise through stone marked by forgotten prayers.
In a ruined church (KD031-014----) in a graveyard (KD031-014001-). Approximately half of a square granite font with rounded corners survives (L 0.4m; H 0.3m; D of basin 0.18m; av. Wth of rim 0.10m; drain hole diam 0.06m) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 07 October 2013

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