Lira nr. Carnota / Santa María de Lira
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Pía bautismal á beira do hórreo de Lira, Carnota, Galiza."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 September 2015 by Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pía_bautismal_á_beira_do_hórreo_de_Lira._Carnota._Galiza.jpg] [accessed 1 October 2019]
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view of church exterior - south portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 September 2015 by Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Igrexa_de_Lira._Carnota._Galiza.jpg] [accessed 1 October 2019]
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 September 2015 by Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Igrexa_de_Lira._Carnota._Galiza-2.jpg] [accessed 1 October 2019]
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![Source cation: "Hórreo de Lira, Carnota, Galiza.} [i.e., a vernacular stone granary] near which is located the disused font](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1191001004_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source cation: "Hórreo de Lira, Carnota, Galiza.} [i.e., a vernacular stone granary] near which is located the disused font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 September 2015 by Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hórreo_de_Lira._Carnota._Galiza.jpg] [accessed 1 October 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 22374LIR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 18th century (mid?)
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María de Lira / Igrexa Parroquial de Santa María de Lira
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: present church 18thC, enlarged 19thC
Church Address: Lira, 15293 Carnota, Coruña, Spain
Site Location: Coruña, Galicia, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the AC-550, in the municipality and 5 km SW of Carnota, SE of Finisterre
Historical Region: Comarca de Muros
Additional Comments: disused font? (outside the church, damaged and infected with lichen)
Font Notes:
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A roughly hemispherical basin raised on two stone blocks is located by the large old stone 'horreo' outside the church; the plain (?) basin looks badly battered and infected with lichen; age unknown but the church is dated only to the mid-18th century. No cover present
COORDINATES
UTM: 29T 489705 4738565
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.799604506711155, -9.125996232032775
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 47' 59" N, 9° 7' 32" W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining