Kilmainham Wood / Kilmainhamwood

INFORMATION

Font ID: 09251KIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church (R.C.) of the Sacred Heart, Kilmainhamwood
Font Location in Church: Outside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Sacred Heart
Church Address: Eden, Kilmainhamwood, Co. Meath, A82 XK19, Ireland -- Tel.: +353 87 445 8450
Site Location: Meath / An Mhí, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the L6801-L6802 crossroads, W of the R162, 6-7 km S of Kingscourt
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Meath
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".

COORDINATES

UTM: 29U 644304 5969014
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.849552, -6.806289
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 50′ 58.39″ N, 6° 48′ 22.64″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cylindrical
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
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, p. 124