
What is recorded here
Formerly in the chancel of the Catholic Church in Dawros and currently mounted on three stone slabs on the lawn, c. 20m E of the church. A plain, subrectangular, flat-bottomed, sandstone baptismal font (0.77m x 0.54m; H c. 0.25m) with rounded corners and a flat rim. The wall of the font is 0.1m in thickness and internally the basin measures 0.57m x 0.34m and is 0.13m deep. Its original location could not be established.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
A local church or high cross; wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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