Trimouille / La Trimouille

Described and illustrated in Le Patrimoine des communes de la Vienne (2002, v. 2: 990) as a former mill stone -either Gallo-Roman or medieval- converted into a baptismal font at the time of 'l'abbé Reix' [?] in the Middle Ages; it is of an octagonal pedestal shape with a round inner well; an indentation around the upper rim must have once accommodated the lid, and there is a hole in the stone towards the top perhaps for the hardware of the lid; one of th sides shows an orifice about half-way down [drainage?]; there is damage to one of the upper corners. This same source informs that the object serves now as holy-water stoup in the porch of the church [Flohic ref. no.: 86250809]. This same object is listed in Palissy [ref.: IM86000771]: "Fonts baptismaux, bénitier [...] H = 76 ; la = 50 ; pr = 50 ; cuve : h = 36 cm, la = 36 cm [...] Bloc monolithe en pierre dure blanche sur le dessus duquel a été pratiquée une feuillure afin d'y encastrer le couvercle ; cuve profonde conique [...] Anciens fonts baptismaux d'époque incertaine réutilisés comme bénitier ; d'après Elie Auriault il s'agirait d'un ancien mortier à mil [...] État médiocre : nombreuses épaufrures sur les bords et aux angles ; une grosse cassure sur un pan [...] Travée sous clocher." The baptismal font of the new church is listed in Palissy [ref.: IM86000770]; it is a late-19th century font.