Terra Cha / Terra Chá in Antas de Ulla / San Jorge de Terracha / San Xurxo de Terrachá

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Igrexa de San Xurxo de Terrachá (Antas de Ulla)"

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view of font or stoup

Scene Description: Source caption: "Pía bautismal na Igrexa de San Xurxo de Terrachá (Antas de Ulla)"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Satna, 2016

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INFORMATION

FontID: 21734TER
Church/Chapel: Igrexa parroquial de San Xurxo de Terrachá / Iglesia Parroquial de San Jorge de Terracha
Church Patron Saints: St. George
Church Location: Terra Chá, 27579 Antas de Ulla, Lugo, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Lugo, Galicia
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the N-640, E of, and in the municipality of Antas de Ulla, 30-40 km SW of Lugo capital [NB: "Terra Cha" is a name of several levels of districts in Galicia and elsewhere in the Gallegan/Poruguese geography]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Mondoñedo-Ferrol
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: [composite object], Medieval [composite]
An object that may be used as font or stoup at present, but clearly made up of three unrelated pieces of different periods; the basin is made of reddish granite, and is cylindrical with a large rope moulding around the upper side; the next block is polygonal but irregular and appears to be totally plain; the 'base', of greyish granite, appears to be a former chalice-shaped stoup; with rounded basin, slender pedestal base and splaying moulded circular base [NB: we have no information on when this object was put together, or whene the components came from]. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.7812, -7.8782
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 46′ 52.32″ N, 7° 52′ 41.52″ W
UTM: 29T 591760 4737128

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining