Gouesnach / Gouesnac'h
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04581GOU
Object Type: Stoup
Object Details: altar, Gallo-Roman
Font Century and Period/Style: Gallo-Roman
Cognate Fonts: Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998) gives the stoup at Penhars as cognate
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Pierre
Font Location in Church: By the entrance to the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: present church 18thC
Church Address: Av. des Sports, 29950 Gouesnach, France
Site Location: Finistère, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D234, 10-12 km S of Quimper
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Quimper et Léon
Additional Comments: recycled stoup / altar font / altar stoup: formerly a Gallo-Roman altar for incense burning
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998) as a granit holy-water stoup, formerly a Gallo-Roman altar for incense burning; it has a square upper volume mounted on a square pedestal; the only ornamentation are several mouldings at top and bottom. [NB: the baptismal font in this church, a plain double-font dated probably to the 18th century, is not included in the Index]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 416591 5307097
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.911767, -4.11625
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 54′ 42.36″ N, 4° 6′ 58.5″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes du Finistère (2 vols.), Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1998, vol. 1, p. 485