Plouegat-Guerrand / Plegad-Gwerann / Plouégat-Gallon / Plouégat-Guerand / Plouégat-Guerrand

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04678PLO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Égat [aka Saint-Agapit] de Plouégat-Guerrand
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Égat [or St. Agapit?]
Church Notes: 16thC church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA29000066]: "Eglise construite dans la première moitié du 16e siècle [...] Travaux de restauration au 19e siècle."
Church Address: Le Bourg, 29620 Plouégat-Guérand, France
Site Location: Finistère, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D64, 4 km SE of Lanmeur, 13-14 km ENE of Morlaix
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Quimper et Léon
Historical Region: Le Trégor finistérien
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998) as a granite baptismal font of the 15th century; it has an octagonal basin raised on an octagonal shaft and a square lower base; seven sides of the basin are ornamented, each with a head on it: one has a human head with eyes open; three other heads are female and three others are of adolescents, all six with their eyes closed; the eighth side of the basin has a very small protruding secundary basinette (without base support).

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 450305 5385493
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.620534, -3.674315
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 37′ 13.92″ N, 3° 40′ 27.53″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes du Finistère (2 vols.), Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1998, vol. 1, p. 686