Athboy
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roe, 1968
Image Source: Roe (1968: pl. XLIII)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 02745ATH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James (C. of I.)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Church Address: Church Lane, Town Parks, Athboy, Co. Meath, Ireland -- Tel.: +353 46 943 6698
Site Location: Meath / An Mhí, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Athboy is 10 miles W of Navan on the N51 (dir. Mullingar). Same distance approx. from Trim.
Additional Comments: recycled font: found by Cogan in the yard under a water spout, serving as basin
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Roe (1968: 109 and pl. XLIII), who believes that this font is probably a medieval one of which "all parts of the work have been nicely machine-dressed". Roe (ibid.) remarks that "it does not seem possible to discover if this is the same font which Cogan [cf. Author's note below] saw set under a waterspout in the church grounds". The illustration in Roe shows a plain octagonal mounted font of the type where the lower half is a mirror image of the upper.
COORDINATES
UTM: 29U 637804 5942891
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Rim Thickness: 5.7 cm (Roe)
Diameter (inside rim): 58 cm (Roe)
Basin Depth: 25.3 cm (Roe)
Height of Basin Side: 21.6 cm (Roe)
Height of Base: 60 cm approx. (calculated)
Basin Upper Panel Dimensions: 21.6 x 29.8 cm (Roe)
Basin Lower Panel Dimensions: 20.3 x 29.8 tapering to 18.4 cm (Roe)
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm approx. (calculated)
Notes on Measurements: Roe (1968: 109)
REFERENCES
- Cogan, Anthony, The Diocese of Meath: Ancient and Modern, Kill Lane, Blackrock, Co. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1992 (c1862), vol. I: 163
- Roe, Helen M., Medieval Fonts of Meath, Longford, Ireland: Meath Archaeological and Historical Society, 1968, p. [106], 109, and pl. XLIII