Julianstown

INFORMATION

FontID: 09236JUL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary (C. of I.)
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Meath / An Mhí, Leinster
Directions to Site: Located on the road to Dublin, about 5 km from Drogheda
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: , Medieval
Described in Roe (1968: 121) as "one doubtfully to be regarded as an authentic baptismal font. It appears to be made of very fine-grained sandstone or possibly composition(?), and is in the form of a rather shallow, footed bowl, almost patera-shaped. A central drain is now filled in."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone?
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 6 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 54 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 66 cm
Basin Depth: 14.6 cm [at centre]
Basin Total Height: 30.03 cm [calculated]
Height of Base: 7.8 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 38.1 cm
Square Base Dimensions: circumference of foot: 94 cm
Notes on Measurements: Roe (1968: 121)

REFERENCES

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