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Font, County Wicklow (WI025-088002-)

Font

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WI025-088002-
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The font's present location (WI025-088001-) is in St Joseph's Church in Rathnew village. A nearby graveyard (WI025-010003-) contains a ruined church (WI025-010001-), and a font (WI025-010002-). A roughly shaped, rectangular granite block (dims. L 0.5m; Wth 0.43m; H 0.32m high) contains a finely carved, smooth, steep-sided, almost circular basin (diams. 0.30m; 0.27m; D 0.13m.). Record no. WI025-088002- was created for the unknown 'Original location' of this font.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI025-088002

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