What is recorded here
Thirteenth century font (dims. H 0.83m; Wth 0.63m) located inside the door of St. Feichin's church (WM004-035003-) on the N. Fossiliferous limestone font with circular basin (Diam. 0.46m) resting on a square columnar shaft which rises from a low square chamfered base. Moulded corners extend from the basin onto the shaft. These may originally have been decorated with heads but they are very weathered. The central drainage hole retains its lead lining (Bradley et. al. 1985, 79; Roe 1968, 117).
Thirteenth century font (dims. H 0.83m; Wth 0.63m) located inside the door of St. Feichin's church (WM004-035003-) on the N. Fossiliferous limestone font with circular basin (Diam. 0.46m) resting on a square columnar shaft which rises from a low square chamfered base. Moulded corners extend from the basin onto the shaft. These may originally have been decorated with heads but they are very weathered. The central…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM004-035021
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
- JohnArmagh, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Illustrator not named; The Dublin Penny Journal (1835), public scan from Internet Archive and JSTOR, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Oliver Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Peter Gavigan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Bill Griffiths, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- James Fergusson, after E. Conwell, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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