Font in Cranagh, County Wicklow

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What is recorded here

A cylindrical granite block (58cm x 59cm across; H 30-36cm) with a circular basin (max. diam. at top 40cm; max. diam. at base 38cm; D 14-15cm). The basin has near vertical sides and the rim varies from flat to rounded. There is no drain hole. It is now held privately, reputed to have been found at the ancient church site at Chapel (see WI036-032---- for original location record).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI036-033

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