Faithlegg No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 09314FAI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Old church [in ruins]
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Waterford / Port Láirge, Munster
Font Location in Church: Reported in 1891within the walls of the ruined church
Century and Period: Medieval
Font Notes:
Patrick Power (1891: 482) reported to the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland that "an interesting, though rudely-carved font of stone, with a pedestal 2 1/2 ft. high, is preserved within the church, while against its north wall, on the outside, rests a great block of stone, 3 ft. by 2 ft., and 1 ft. deep, containing a regularly formed cavity about 1 ft. in diameter and 2 1/2 in. deep in the centre."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Height of Base: 75 cm [approx.]
Notes on Measurements: Power (1891: 482)