Inch / Cloyne Union
Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Pike (1989: 32)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 00848INC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church (C.of I.) [from the ruins of the medieval church]
Church Notes: present church ca. 1800 incorporating fabric of an earlier church; modified 1898
Church Address: Inch, Cork, Co. Cork, Ireland
Site Location: Cork, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Inch is located off (E) the L3806, about 7 km N of Killeagh and the N25, 7-8 km NW of Youghal
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese Cork, Cloyne and Ross
Additional Comments: recycled font: from the old ruined medieval church
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Pike (1989: 32): "This font may have come from an old ruined Medieval Church nearby. It is of limestone and has a central drain. The bowl is square externally and is bevelled and grooved. The bowl [i.e., the inner basin well] is slightly bucket-shaped with a square pedestal and base.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Dr. Rachel Moss, and to Trinity College, Dublin, for the copy of Ms. Pike's work, and to Ms. Joan Pike for her kind permission to reproduce her original drawings].
COORDINATES
UTM: 29U 570251 5759975
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Height of Basin Side: 22.86 cm*
Basin Total Height: 35.56 cm*
Font Height (with Plinth): 78.74 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 55.88 x 55.88 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Pike (1989: 32)
REFERENCES
- Pike, Joan H.K., "Medieval Fonts of Ireland", [Supplied courtesy of The Dept. of the History of Art, Trinity College, Dublin], [Ireland]: [Privately printed], 1989, p. 32