Ballyhale No. 2

Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989

Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)

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B01: design element - patterns - fluted

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989

Image Source: Pike (1989: 23)

Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)

view of stoup

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989

Image Source: Pike (1989: 23)

Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)

INFORMATION

FontID: 00868BAL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Martin of Tours (R.C.) [unknown origin?]
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: Ballyhale, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Kilkenny, Leinster
Directions to Site: Ballyhale is about half way (24 kms?) between Kilkenny and Waterford on the N9.
Font Location in Church: Wall-mounted "into the new end of the Church wall" -- Pike (1989: 23)
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Ossory font
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].
Described and illustrated in Pike (1989: 23): "the second stoup [cf. Index entry for Ballyhale No. 1 for the first one] has been built into the new end of the Church wall. It has five Gothic flutes with inset". [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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.46728, -7.20135
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 28′ 2.21″ N, 7° 12′ 4.86″ W
UTM: 29U 622183 5814534

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: square (wall-mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Height of Basin Side: 25.4 cm
Basin Total Height: 25.4 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 25.5 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 45.72 cm
Notes on Measurements: Pike (1989: 23)

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