Killeshin / 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

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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Crawford & Leask (1925: fig. 7)

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INFORMATION

FontID: 09271KIL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Comdhan [in ruins]
Church Patron Saints: St. Comdhan [aka Coan, Comghan, Congan, Cowan]
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Laois, Leinster
Directions to Site: Located 5 km WNW of Carlaw
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1925 in the churchyard
Century and Period: , Medieval
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".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
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; r["References"]