Freshford nr. Kilkenny No. 2
Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
Results: 2 records
B01: human figure - head - upside-down
Scene Description: This is one of probably four heads meant to decorate the sides; two others may have been broken off while the fourth was never carved [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 49)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: Pike (1989: 49)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
INFORMATION
FontID: 00872FRE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Lachtain(R.C.)
Church Patron Saints: St. Lachtain
Church Location: The Square, Freshford Lots, Freshford, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Kilkenny, Leinster
Directions to Site: Located off the R694, about 16 km SW of Kilkenny
Ecclesiastic Region: Dioces of Ossory
Font Location in Church: Reported outside the church, serving as a holy-water stoup ca. 1989
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
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].
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described and illustrated in Pike (1989: 20, 49) as the second of "two Medieval fonts outside Freshford Roman Catholic Church, which are no longer in use. These fonts may have come from the ancient monastic Church, successor to one founded in 622 by Bishop St. Lachtan" [cf. Index entry for Freshford No. 1 for the other font, one of the Ossory group]. This font, used now as holy-water stoup, "is octagonal. A man's head reversed, in high relief, is sculpted on one side of the bowl. Another side was arranged for a head that has not been sculpted on it. Two other possible heads may have been broken off the font". The font has a quadrangular pedestal base and is made of limestone. [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:
52.7327,
-7.39777
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 43′ 57.72″ N,
7° 23′ 51.97″ W
UTM: 29U 608185 5843740
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Height of Basin Side: 30.48 cm
Basin Total Height: 30.48 cm
Height of Base: 38.10 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 68.58 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 67.31 x 67.31 cm
Notes on Measurements: Pike (1989: 49)
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