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Font in Unknown Townland

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Font in Unknown Townland
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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. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 15 August 2012
A local church or high cross; wider significance not recorded.

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Photo: Andreas F. Borchert · CC BY-SA 4.0