Close up to a toothy Green Man – a pagan symbol of fertility and new life often found in ancient British churches – carved on the west face of the lead-lined octagonal font in the medieval Parish Church of St. Laurence at Hawkhurst, Kent, England, United Kingdom. The font dates from about 1450.

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Hawkhurst, Kent, England, United Kingdom: this toothy Green Man – a pagan symbol of fertility and new life often found in ancient British churches – is carved on the west face of the lead-lined octagonal font in the medieval Parish Church of St. Laurence. The font dates from about 1450.

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Size: 2592px × 2592px
Location: Parish Church of St Laurence, Hawkhurst, Kent, England, UK
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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