Font in Ballymagarvey, County Meath

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What is recorded here

In the graveyard (ME032-009001-), just outside the E gable of the parish church (MW032-009----). This is a large fragment of a rectangular sandstone font (dims 0.6m x 0.6m; max. H 0.5m) with chamfered angles and a circular basin (diam. 0.49m; D 0.27m). The side-panels are D-shaped as the stone morphs into a circular form at the bottom. (Roe 1968, 109-10) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 January, 2015

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME032-009002

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