What is recorded here

Font in Clonamery is a broken stone basin beside a medieval church in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is small enough to hold both hands inside, yet deep enough to mark the difference between dry skin and baptized flesh. The font may still lie hidden in the graveyard, waiting for rain to fill its ancient cup.

Associated with the medieval church of Clonamery (KK033-021001-). Crawford (1925, 57) describes, 'portion of a font', which is 'of coarse conglomerate, and shows part of a basin 8 inches [0.21m] deep and about 18 inches [0.47m] in diameter. The socket is 3½ inches [0.09m] in diameter and 2 inches [0.05m] deep, cut in a slab of granite 17 inches [0.44m] by 7 inches [0.18m] and 4 inches [0.1m] in thickness'. This font was not visible when the church was visited in 2016, however, it is possibly located within the graveyard. Crawford (ibid.), also mentions a stoup (KK033-021007-) which is located outside the W gable of the church. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 23 January 2017

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