Font in Wilkinstown, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

A rectangular granite font (ext. dims. 0.58m x 0.51m; visible H 0.26m; int. dims 0.42m x 0.37m; D 0.17m) with a central drain-hole is cemented on top of a cairn (dims. 1.9m x 1.1m; H 0.75m) of quartz stones in the graveyard (WX036-021002-) of Whitechurch, Glynn.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX036-021003

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