Kilmokea / Kilmakea

INFORMATION

FontID: 09275KIL
Object Type: Stoup?
Church/Chapel: Ruins of a church in the Kilmokea site
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Wexford, Leinster
Directions to Site: Located in the neighbourhood of Portilassa, in the Barony of Shelbourne
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1917 in the rectory garden just across from the Kilmokea glebe
Century and Period: Medieval
Font Notes:
Described in Westropp (1918: 8): "The font, a small cuplike basin with a slight rim, and measuring 13 inches across and 10 inches high, has been removed to the rectory garden." [NB: the paper in which this information was included was read to the RSAI -of which Westropp was president at the time- on 30 January 1917]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round (cup-like)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 32.5 cm [approx.]
Basin Total Height: 25 cm [approx.]
Notes on Measurements: Westropp (1918: 8)

REFERENCES

Westropp, Thomas Johnson, "Five Large Earthworks in the Barony of Shelburne, Co. Wexford", 48, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1918, pp. 2-[?]; p. 2-12