Piltown

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design element - motifs - floral - rosette - 6-petal - in a circle

Scene Description: on one of the narrow sides of the octagonal basin

Image Source: Pike (1989: 24)

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

design element - patterns - fluted

Image Source: Pike (1989: 24)

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

design element - patterns - scalloped

Image Source: Pike (1989: 24)

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

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Image Source: Pike (1989: 24)

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

INFORMATION

FontID: 00882PIL

Church/Chapel: Parish Church (C. of I.) [originally from the ancient church of Kilmodalla, aka Kildaton, in Fiddown]

Church Location: Church of the Assumption, Ardclone, Piltown, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland

Country Name: Republic of Ireland

Location: Kilkenny, Leinster

Directions to Site: Piltown is located about 20 km NW of Waterford, up the N24 [Fiddown is located 3 km SSE of Piltown]

Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1989 in the C. of I. parish church at Piltown

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: 24-25): medieval baptismal font probably "from the ancient Church of Kilmodalla, alias Kildaton", and now [ca. 1989] in use at the C. of I. parish church at Piltown. Pike (ibid.) describes the font as "octagonal with alternative short and long divisions of the octagon [...] possibly sandstone and has a central drain. It is tripartite with a round pedestal and a square plinth. The decoration is a Roundel on one of the small panels enclosing a six petal flower with deep fluting in the chamfer. There is three tiered shell pattern round the base of the pedestal." [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: 52.345707, -7.322463

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 20' 44.6" N, 7° 19' 20.9" W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Number of Pieces: three

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Diameter (includes rim): 62.86 (width of basin)

Height of Basin Side: 27.94 cm

Basin Total Height: 41.90 cm

Font Height (with Plinth): 104.14 cm

Trapezoidal Basin: 30.48 - 14 cm (octagonal sides

Notes on Measurements: Pike (1989: 25)

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