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Font in Knockmark

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What is recorded here

Located within the graveyard of Knockmark parish church (ME044-001----). A font, which is described (Davidson 1895) as an octagonal but broken piece of limestone ‘1 foot 10 inches wide (c. 0.56m)’ with an octagonal stem ‘1 foot 3 inches (c. 0.38m)’ in height and ‘1 foot 4 inches (c. 0.4m)’ wide at the top that had a moulding at the waist is no longer present in the graveyard. Each side of the basin had a socket for securing the cover.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME044-001003

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • C O'Flanagan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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