Font (present location) in Monknewtown — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Half an octagonal stone, no wider than a man's outstretched arms, holds a circular basin with a wave-like rim that peaks at the angles. It has no drain hole, suggesting water was lifted out rather than poured away. The font survived the loss of its old Monknewtown church by moving to the front of St. Mary's Roman Catholic church, where its broken shape and unusual rim still mark the place where new life was washed into the world.

At the front of St. Mary's Roman Catholic church is an octagonal font (ME019-018001-) which was moved from the parish church at Dowth (ME020-019----) and a font from the old church at Monknewtown (ME019-019----). The font from Monknewtown is about half an octagonal stone (dim. 0.74m; H 0.53m) narrowing towards the flat base (dim. 0.62m), with a circular basin (diam. 0.57m; D 0.2-0.26m) with a wave-like rim whcih rises to peaks at the angles, but with no drain-hole. (Roe 1968, 124-5) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. See attached image. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 16 June 2014

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