Font in Siddan, County Meath

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What is recorded here

The font from Drumcondrath (ME006-012003-) is now outside the Church of Ireland church of St. David at Siddan. The sandstone font is rectangular (ext. dims 0.58m x 0.58m; H 0.46m) with chamfered corners (Wth 0.12m) and under-panels, and a circular, flat-bottomed basin (diam. 0.47m; D 0.27m). There are holes on the rim for a cover. (Roe 1968, 114) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 7 August, 2014

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME006-056004

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