Rathcore

INFORMATION

FontID: 09254RAT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (basin only)
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael (C. of I.)
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Meath / An Mhí, Leinster
Directions to Site: Located 6-7 km N of Enfield, itself on the M4, about 35 km W of Dublin
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1968 lying on the ground, to the W of the church
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
Described in Roe (1968: 126) as a medieval baptismal font, "octagonal with the lower panels chamfered to a greater depth than the vertical height of the upper ones", with a bevelled outer rim and a round basin well without a drain.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Rim Thickness: 7 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 48.5 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 62-63 cm [calculated]
Basin Depth: 16.5 cm
Height of Basin Side: 16.5 cm
Basin Upper Panel Dimensions: 16.5 cm (heigh) x 24.2 tapering to 22.7 cm (wide)
Basin Lower Panel Dimensions: 21 cm (heigh) x 22.7 tapering to 16 cm (wide)
Notes on Measurements: Roe (1968: 126)

REFERENCES

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