Font in Downings North, County Kildare

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

In a medieval parish church (KD013-008002-). A broken fragment of curved, worked stone (dims. L 0.86m; H 0.35m) may be part of a baptismal font.

Photo credits

Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.ca
Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
Caragh Gaelic Football Club website; individual photographer not named, www.caraghgfc.com
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
George Cruikshank, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Alex Passmore, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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