What is recorded here
Three fish leap across a sandstone shield above the washing basin in Monknewtown parish church, marking the hall where local belief still turns.
There is a sandstone armorial stone (Wth 0.42m; H 0.55m) with three fish on the shield over the piscina on the S wall of Monknewtown parish church (ME019-019----).
See the attached image.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 16 June, 2014
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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