Kilmolash No. 2 / Bewley Townland Abbey

INFORMATION

Font ID: 09240KIL
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Abbey of Knights Templars [in ruins]
Font Location in Church: Reported in 1841 in the ruins of the abbey
Church Notes: 7thC(?) church
Church Address: Kilmolash, Co. Waterford, Ireland
Site Location: Waterford / Port Láirge, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the Parish of Kilmolash, 5 km from Cappoquin, about 10 km from Lismore [the ruins of the abbey are on the E bank of the Finisk river]
Additional Comments: abandoned stoup
Font Notes:
The index to the "Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the County of Waterford, collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1841" lists under no.136 for the Parish of Kilmolash, Co. Waterford, the following entry: "Holy Water Font at do. [ditto?, i.e., referring to the ruins of the building known as Abbey of Knights Templar at Bewley Townsand]" The letter, which identifies the stoup as the only "ecclesiastical" clue to the nature of the building, is signed as "Examined by Mr. A. Curry" and dated "June 28th 1841". [source:www.waterfordcountylibrary.ie/library/categories/onlineresources/article80/ordnancesurveyletters.doc]

COORDINATES

UTM: 29U 581546 5773310
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.104326, -7.809374
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 6′ 15.58″ N, 7° 48′ 33.74″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone