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A greenstone holy water or baptismal font, located outside the SE wall of the former Charlestown Rectory. Cylindrical in shape with a small rib projecting slightly at the base. The basin is 0.29m in depth and tapers considerably from a large circular mouth (diam. 0.27m) to a small flat circular bottom (diam. 0.06m). (SMR file) Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 30 May 2012

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH014-058

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