San Salvador de Merlan / San Salvador de Merlán
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Pila bautismal en el interior del pórtico." -- Notice the damage at the upper rim; obviously not much used now, by the looks of it
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © José Antonio Gil Martínez, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 16 July 2011 by José Antonio Gil Martínez [ww.flickr.com/photos/freecat/5955072364/] [accessed 23 June 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.0
view of church exterior - apse - window
view of church exterior - northeast view
view of church exterior - south portal - lintel
view of church exterior - south portal
INFORMATION
Font ID: 22000MER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia / Igrexa Parroquial de San Salvador de Merlán
Font Location in Church: Inside the porch
Church Patron Saint(s): Our Saviour
Church Address: 27205 Merlán, Lugo, Spain
Site Location: Lugo, Galicia, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (NW) the LU-P-2901, in the municipality and 7-8 km N of Palas de Rei and the N-547, 25-30 km WSW of Lugo capital
Historical Region: Comarca de Ulloa / Ulhoa
Additional Comments: disused font
Font Notes:
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Now laying inside the west porch is a totallyy plain round stone basin with a chamfered underbowl; it shows two large notches wjere the metal staples have split the upper rim; sitted on a low pile of rubble. No cover present but it has a large stone inside the basin, evidence of it being disused.
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 592010 4755043
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.942467, -7.872219
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 56′ 32.88″ N, 7° 52′ 19.99″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: round, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
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