Barneville / Barneville-Carteret
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view of church exterior in context - ruins
Scene Description: Source caption: "Eglise Saint-Germain le Scot située sur le cap de Carteret dans le Cotentin, en France."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Draezhenn, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 10 August 2009 by Draezhenn [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eglise_Saint_Germain_Carteret.jpg] [accessed 30 March 2025]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 25850BAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (?), Romanesque?
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint Germain d’Auxerre [aka Vieille Église Saint Germain le Scot] [in ruins]
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Germanus of Auxerre [aka Germans, German, Germain]
Church Notes: 1140 church; tower early-15thC; church abandoned and partly demolished 1686-1689, its parochial function replaced by the Chapelle Saint-Louis
Church Address: 2 Le Phare, 50270 Barneville-Carteret, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France
Directions to Site: Located in the area known as Les Hameaux de la Mer, about 200 m. from the waterfront, just N of the lighthouse, 45-50 km SW of Cherbourg
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Historical Region: Le Cotentin
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (from the old church now in ruins)
Font Notes:
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[NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 586525 5469853
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.37523, -1.80804
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 22′ 30.83″ N, 1° 48′ 28.94″ W