Font in Balfeaghan, County Meath

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What is recorded here

A fragment of a sandstone font are secured in the burial enclosure at the E end of the parish church of Balfeaghan (ME049-017----). The fragment (max. dim 0.54m; H 0.17m) is displayed upside down, showing the circular rim of its underside (ext. diam. 0.37m), a sunken area (diam. 0.27m) for the attachment of a shaft, and its drain-hole (diam. 0.12m). Three of an original four lug-like protrusions rise from the outside of the basin.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME049-017002

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