Dampierre-en-Bray No. 1 / Saint-Pierre de Beuvreuil

A stone baptismal font the base and columns of which are of the 13th century, while the basin was recarved in the 17th century is reported in the Répertoire archéologique du département du Morbihan (Paris, 1863). Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) as a 13th-century baptismal font which was recarved (?) / re-tooled? ["retouché"] in the 17th century. The baptismal font and its cover are noted and illustrated in Les amis de l'ours de Cuy Saint-Fiacre [https://lesamisdelours.jimdofree.com/pompon/pompon-à-cuy-saint-fiacre/la-chapelle-de-beuvreuil/] [accessed 6 January 2024]: "A l’intérieur, le baptistère en pierre du XIIIème siècle est de forme hexagonale"; what remains of the shape of the original medieval font is probably just the lower base: it is square and has the stumps of four outer colonnettes set 90-degree angles; the central shaft must have been originally round but was re-cut to hexagonal in the 17th century, as suggested in the Dictionnaire entry above; the present basin is also hexagonal with a rounded underbowl; whether this was a new basin introduced when the base was modified or not is probably impossible to know. The present font cover is of crude manufacture, a plain hexagonal platform with eight plain ribs converging at the knob finial.