Dommelen / Domelen

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human figure - head

Scene Description: "fragment found during the excavations in 1978" [source: Pol Herman]

Image Source: digital image of a 1982(?) B&W photograph provided by Pol Herman

Copyright Instructions: Image received from Pol Herman (e-mail 20 February 2021) No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

human figure - head - fragment

Scene Description: Source caption: "Het fragment van het natuurstenen doorpvont van Dommelen"

Image Source: digital image of a drawing by Dirk Vlasblom, in Jelle Dekker's 'Ongelofelijk: Fragmenten van middeleeuwse dopfonten uit Dommelen en Knegsel [Dommelen en Knegsel.pdf] in AWN 23, Nieuwsbrief Archeologie Kemper en Peeland, jaargang 3, nr. 2, april 1999 [accessed 23 January 2022]

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view of church exterior - churchyard, cemetery - detail

Scene Description: site of the demolished late-medieval church of Dommelen

Image Source: digital photograph 2018-2021 in ‘Op den Rösheuvel' [https://www.opdenrosheuvel.nl/wordpress/begraafplaatsen-in-valkenswaard/de-parochiebegraafplaats-sint-martinus-te-dommelen] [accessed 6 December 2021]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: the contour on the ground corresponds to the foundations of the demolished church

Image Source: digital image of unknown source provided by Pol Herman

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view of church exterior in context - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Schets van de kerk van Hendrik Verhees, gezien vanuit het noordoosten. Links is het vrijstaande luihuis te zien en rechts het schooltje." [NB: the series of Hendrik Verhees' sketches of old churches was done chiefly between 1787 and 1809]

Image Source: digital image of an undated [1787-1809?] drawing by Hendrik Verhees, in ‘Op den Rösheuvel' [https://www.opdenrosheuvel.nl/wordpress/begraafplaatsen-in-valkenswaard/de-parochiebegraafplaats-sint-martinus-te-dommelen] [accessed 6 December 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Voorbeeld van een dopvont met vergelijkbare koppen als die van Dommelen en Knegsel"

INFORMATION

FontID: 23582DOM

Church/Chapel: Ould Sint-Martinuskerk [demolished 19thC]

Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours

Church Location: [location of the demolished church: Kerkakkerstraat, Dommelen, 5554 HG Valkenswaard, Netherlands]

Country Name: Netherlands

Location: Noord-Brabant

Directions to Site: The site of the demolished church is off the N69-N397 crossroads, in the municipality of Valkenswaard, SSW of Eindhoven

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his help in documenting this font

Church Notes: 15thC chapel-od-ease to Bergeijk first, then Westerhoven; became parish church 1565; replaced by new church on a different site in 1884 and demolished

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

A fragment of a limestone baptismal font of the Gothic period is reported found during 1978 archeological excavations at the disappeared Sint Martinuskerk, Kerkakkerstraat in RUKSDIENST VOOR MET OUDHEIDKUNDIG BODEMONDERZOEK AMERSFOORT, JAARVERSLAG 1978: In the western end of the nave, a bell foundry was found in which the bell for the ridge turret was cast. The loose finds included the edge fragment of a hard stone, Gothic baptismal font. The intention to proceed with work in a construction area in Dommelen, municipality of Valkenswaard, gave the impetus to an archaeological investigation on the so-called Kerkakkers, located north of the current village center of Dommelen and east of the Dommel. It was known that until 1883 the parish church of Dommelen had stood here, with the separate building, the bell house, next to it. The intention was to keep the memory of the former church of the Kerspel in mind by giving the church grounds a special purpose amidst the future buildings and indicating the floor plan in one way or another. Fairly close to the surface, the remains of the foundations soon became visible, showing that the foundations had been undercut and overturned. This was a towerless, brick, aisleless church with a narrowed choir that was closed on three sides to the east. The nave and choir had been braced by buttresses and gave a late Gothic impression. Moreover, images of the church have been preserved, which show its Late Medieval character. A roof turret with a bell was placed on the front facade. The length and breadth of the nave, measured internally, were approximately 13.5 by 8 metres, the choir 8 by 5.5. Externally, the church as a whole was about 23 meters long.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 669228 5692324

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Notes on Measurements: [Heitght of head fragment: 25 cm [in Jelle Dekker]]