Killeshin / Cill Uisean / Gleann Uissean
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B01: design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: the bulging upper and lower ends of the basin sides
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Crawford & Leask (1925: fig. 7)
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view of basin - section
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Crawford & Leask (1925: fig. 7)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 09271KIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, basin only
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Church of St. Comdhan, Killeshin [in ruins]
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1925 in the churchyard
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Comdhan [aka Coan, Comghan, Congan, Cowan]
Church Notes: church built on the site of an Early Christian monastery founded by St Comdhan in the 5thC
Church Address: Killeshin, Co. Laois, Ireland
Site Location: Laois, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the L7911, 5 km WNW of Carlaw
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Cashel, Ferns & Ossory
Additional Comments: abandoned font: reported abandoned in the ruins of the church ca. 1925
Font Notes:
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Crawford & Leask (1925: [82]-94 and fig. 7) reported on the ruins at the ancient church of Killeshin, among which: "There is an ancient cirdular font [...] undecorated except that the exterior is divided into three broad, swelling bands; the funnel-shaped basin [i.e., inner well] is unusual, its breadth and depth are alike [...]. The base [i.e., underbowl] is hollowed and connected with the basin by a narrow aperture"; they also noticed the drilled "socket" in the rim, the purpose of which, they rightly reckon, "probably held the hinge of a lid".
COORDINATES
UTM: 29U 634585 5857164
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.84738, -7.00151
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 50′ 50.57″ N, 7° 0′ 5.44″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Rim Thickness: 5 cm* [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 40 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 50 cm*
Basin Depth: 40 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 55 cm*
Basin Total Height: 55 cm*
Height of Base: [base missing]
Notes on Measurements: Crawford & Leask (1925: 94) *[approx.] -- Thr size of the cover hinge hole is given as 1 in. in diameter x 2 in. in depth [i.e., 2.5 x 5 cm approx.]
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes regarding the existence of a hinge hole in the rim]
REFERENCES
- Crawford, Henry S., "Killeshin Church and its Romanesque Ornament", 55, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1925, pp. [84]-98; p. [82]-94 and fig. 7