Font in Rathcore, County Meath

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What is recorded here

The plain octagonal font (ext. dims 0.58m; H 0.42m) with a circular basin (int. diam. D 0.2m) and chamfered under-panels which is described by Roe (1968, 126) as being in the graveyard associated with the site of the medieval parish church (ME048-002----) is now kept in the porch of the Church of Ireland church of Rathcore.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME048-002002

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