Clonycavan / Clonicavant

INFORMATION

FontID: 09219CLO
Church/Chapel: [not in a church -- origin unknown]
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Meath / An Mhí, Leinster
Directions to Site: Located just S of Ballivor and the R156, 15-20 km W of Trim
Font Location in Church: [Reported ca. 1968 in the farm of Ms. Mary Ennis]
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Described in Roe (1968: 111) as a medieval baptismal font found "in a field on the farm of Miss Mary Ennis", a site which, Roe explains, has never had any religious association. There is no information on the provenance of this bowl, which is described as "flat-bottomed with four wide sides and four narrow, the lower part of the sides being shallowly chamfered"; the well is round with a central drain. Roe (ibid.) points out that "remains of the sockets for the attachment of a cover occur on the rim of one of the narrow panels". [NB: Roe uses spelling "Clonicavant" for the location]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: [basin only]
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Rim Thickness: 7.5 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 51 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 66 cm [calculated]
Basin Depth: 14.7 cm
Height of Basin Side: 17 cm*
Basin Upper Panel Dimensions: 40.5 x 17 cm [wide sides] -- 126.5 x 17 cm [narrow sides]
Basin Lower Panel Dimensions: 11 cm deep [at the chamfer]
Notes on Measurements: Roe (1968: 111) *["on greatest surviving side"]

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. Font notes]

REFERENCES

Roe, Helen M., Medieval Fonts of Meath, Longford, Ireland: Meath Archaeological and Historical Society, 1968