What is recorded here
A 13th-century font (see CW011-016006-) of Kilkenny limestone currently located inside the S entrance door of the nave of the Cathedral of St Laserian (CW011-016005-), Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow. It has a large square bowl decorated with rounded arcades resting on a large, possibly modern, drum shaped base. According to Pike (1989, 574) this font, described as 'decorated with heavy Romanesque flutes, ten on each side, Fleur-de-lis decoration on the top surface', was moved to the cathedral from St Mary's Church (KK020-060006-) in Gowran.
A 13th-century font (see CW011-016006-) of Kilkenny limestone currently located inside the S entrance door of the nave of the Cathedral of St Laserian (CW011-016005-), Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow. It has a large square bowl decorated with rounded arcades resting on a large, possibly modern, drum shaped base. According to Pike (1989, 574) this font, described as 'decorated with heavy Romanesque flutes, ten on each…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK020-060070
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