What is recorded here
A subcircular sandstone font (diam. 0.63-0.7m; max. surviving H 0.46m) with a circular basin (int. diam. 0.5m; max. surviving D 0.16m) was recorded in Gernonstown church (ME019-006----) (Cogan 1862-70, 2, 303), but it became deeply embedded in the ground (Roe 1968, 119) of the rectangular graveyard (ME019-006001-). It is now outside the Roman Catholic church at Rushee (ME019-118----), c. 1km to the S.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 15 December, 2014
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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