Ballinlough Castle
INFORMATION
Font ID: 02746BAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: [Not in a church -- original location unknown]
Font Location in Church: Located ca. 1968 in the castle garden
Church Address: Ballinlough, Crowenstown Little, Co. Westmeath, Ireland
Site Location: Meath / An Mhí, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Follow the N3 from Kells to Carnaross (3-4 miles); at Carnaross take the left road towards Crossakeel and, about a mile before Crossakeel make a right to Ballinlough.
Additional Comments: recycled font: lying about in the castle's garden, its provenance unknown
Font Notes:
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Described in Roe (1968: 109) as a font "well-made octagonal, flat-bottomed", of unknown provenance, located in the castle garden
COORDINATES
UTM: 29U 630519 5944612
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.634, -7.026
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 38′ 2.4″ N, 7° 1′ 33.6″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Rim Thickness: 8.3 cm (Roe)
Diameter (inside rim): 45 cm (Roe)
Basin Depth: 15.3 cm (Roe)
Height of Basin Side: 23 cm (Roe)
Basin Upper Panel Dimensions: 23 x 30 cm (Roe)
Notes on Measurements: Roe (1968: 109)
REFERENCES
- Roe, Helen M., Medieval Fonts of Meath, Longford, Ireland: Meath Archaeological and Historical Society, 1968, p. 109