Faithlegg No. 2

INFORMATION

Font ID: 09315FAI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Old church [in ruins]
Font Location in Church: Reported in 1891outside, against the north wall of the ruined church
Church Notes: remains of a 13thC ecclesiastical site adjacent to the 19thC RC church; destroyed at the time of the Cromwellian invasion
Church Address: Faithlegg, Co. Waterford, Ireland
Site Location: Waterford / Port Láirge, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the R683, N of the L4084, across the Stur from Belview Port, E of Waterford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Cashel and Ossory
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."

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.25761, -7.01419

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Basin Interior Shape: round
Diameter (inside rim): 30 cm [approx.]
Basin Depth: 6.75 cm [approx.]
Basin Total Height: 30 cm* [approx.]
Trapezoidal Basin: 75 x 50 cm* [approx.]
Notes on Measurements: Power (1891: 482) *[measurents given as: "3 ft. by 2 ft., and 1 ft. deep"]

REFERENCES

  • Power, Patrick, "The Ancient Ruined Churches of Co. Waterford", 21, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1891, pp. 475-482; p. 482