Kilmainham Wood / Kilmainhamwood

INFORMATION

FontID: 09251KIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church (R.C.)
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Meath / An Mhí, Leinster
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the R162, 6-7 km S of Kingscourt
Font Location in Church: Outside the church
Century and Period: Medieval
Font Notes:
Described in Roe (1968: 124) as a "roughly cylindrical stone" with one of the sides somewhat flat, perhaps intended to fit against the wall; the top has been hollowed and there are "two small holes in the rim" which, Roe suggests, may indicate a former attachment for a cover" but, althgough "locally designated as a font, the work appears to represent a form of mortar in which pulse or other vegetable material might be brayed or pounded".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cylindrical
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Notes on Measurements: [no measurements given in Roe]

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes re: holes in the rim]

REFERENCES

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