Ross Errilly / Roserrilly / Ros-Oirbhealagh / Ros-Iriala, nr. Headford

Standing permission

Results: 3 records

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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

Image Source: digital photograph by Lis Audigier [2006?]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of basin

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

Image Source: digital photograph by Lis Audigier [2006?]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church exterior

Image Source: digital photograph by Lis Audigier [2006?]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12351ROS

Object Type: Baptismal Font1 or Stoup?

Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Medieval

Church / Chapel Name: Franciscan Friary, Ross Errilly / Mainistir an Rois

Font Location in Church: On the ruins of the old Friary

Church Notes: in ruins since 1835

Church Address: FVH9+M8, Ross, Moyne Bridge, Co. Galway, Ireland

Site Location: Galway, Connacht, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Directions to Site: Located W of the R334, 2 km NW of Headford, near the border with Co. Mayo, about 40 km N of Galway city

Additional Comments: abandoned / disused font? stoup?

Font Notes: Click to view

An upturned basin, perhaps of a baptismal font, found in the ruins of the Franciscan Friary; the object has shell-like decoration all around, the upper rim lobulated by the upper ends of the ribs; the large gap at the underbowl is more likely to be a socket to fit the stem of the base, than an enlarged drain hole.

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Lis Audigier, for the photographs of the object and the Priory.

COORDINATES

UTM: 29U 491276 5925654

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 53.479792, -9.131458

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 53° 28′ 47.25″ N, 9° 7′ 53.25″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: hemispheric

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round