Rilhac-Treignac No. 3 / Reilhac / Relhatus / Rialac / Rilhac de Trainhac

INFORMATION

FontID: 21063RIL
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Antoine
Church Patron Saints: St. Anthony the Great [aka Antony the Great, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Anthony of Thebes]
Church Location: 19260 Rilhac-Treignac, France -- Tel.: +33 5 55 98 25 97
Country Name: France
Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off the D3, 12 km E of Treignac, N of Tulle, W of Ussel
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tulle [ancien diocèse de Limoges]
Historical Region: Parc naturel régional de Millevaches, Limousin
Font Location in Church: On the threshold of the W entranceway, N side
Century and Period: Medieval
Church Notes: 11th-12thC church here; damaged by fire and restored 16thC -- listed and illustrated in Mérimée [ref.: IA00029956]: "Eglise reconstruite au 16e siècle ? ; sur vestiges possibles du 12e siècle : chevet ".
Font Notes:
Listed and illustrated in Palissy [ref.: IM19000993] as one of two former mortars re-used in this church as stoups buil into the sides of the west entranceway; this one, on the north side, is of polygonal [hexagonal?] shape, with two half-ball motifs on the front. The revised (1994) Palissy entry describes them as "mesures à grains" and gives the date "19e siècle", which may refer to the time when they were installed as stoups, not their original date.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 397391 5042358

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: polygonal (unmounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal
Drainage Notes: no lining
Basin Depth: 15 cm*
Basin Total Height: 33 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 37 x 38 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM19000993]