What is recorded here
During a clean-up of graveyard (KK027-012009-) associated with the medieval church of Newtown Earley (KK027-012001-) the carved sandstone pedestal of a baptismal font was uncovered. It is described by Harte (1987, 408), as consisting of, ‘three narrow sides with pillars almost completely gone and three broader sides…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK027-012002
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- A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Neville Goodman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pngwing.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
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