Font in Relagh Beg, County Cavan

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Situated just S of the N nave wall of Moybologue parish church and set into the ground so that its upper edge is just flush with the ground surface. This is a rectangular sandstone font (dims 0.56m x 0.56m) with chamfers (L 0.13m) at the angles making it an 8-sided font with uneven sides. It has a circular basin with a flat base (int. diam. 0.48m; D 0.2-0.24m) sloping down to the centre. See the attached view Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 19 March 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV034-046004

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