Font in Dublin, County Dublin

What is recorded here

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Within St Audeon's medieval parish church (DU018-02075----) is a font dating from the late 12th century, found beneath the floor of the church in 1848. This is a large square font with a central drum-shaped column. The sides are decorated with semi-circular panels containing shell designs in false relief with bead ornamentation. A date of 1192 is incised in Arabic numerals.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU018-321

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What survives: Recorded monument

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Pictures: J.-H. Janßen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; N Chadwick, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0; N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Eric Fischer, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Harold Strong, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; NateBergin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0; Spleodrach, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Keith Weller, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

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