Sleaty / Shléibhte / Sleibtach / Sletty
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view of basin - upper view
Scene Description: Source caption: "A granite octagonal Late Medieval baptismal font at Sletty."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sean Murray, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph by Sean Murray in The Standing Stone [http://www.thestandingstone.ie/2015/04/guest-post-st-fiacc-and-sletty-by-sean.html] [accessed 2 November 2023]
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view of basin - upper view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sean Murray, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph by Sean Murray in The Standing Stone [http://www.thestandingstone.ie/2011/01/sleaty-church-and-crosses-co-laois.html] [accessed 2 November 2023]
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view of basin - upper view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sean Murray, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph by Sean Murray in The Standing Stone [http://www.thestandingstone.ie/2011/01/sleaty-church-and-crosses-co-laois.html] [accessed 2 November 2023]
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view of basin in context
Scene Description: outside the doorway
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ed Hannon, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 3 April 2022 by Ed Hannon, in Visions of the Past [https://visionsofthepastblog.com/2022/04/03/sleaty-church-laois-ireland/] [accessed 2 November 2023]
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view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ed Hannon, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 3 April 2022 by Ed Hannon, in Visions of the Past [https://visionsofthepastblog.com/2022/04/03/sleaty-church-laois-ireland/] [accessed 2 November 2023]
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view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ed Hannon, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 3 April 2022 by Ed Hannon, in Visions of the Past [https://visionsofthepastblog.com/2022/04/03/sleaty-church-laois-ireland/] [accessed 2 November 2023]
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view of church exterior - portal
Scene Description: showing the old basin in the bottom-right corner of the image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Megalithic Ireland, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph in Megalithic Ireland [http://www.megalithicireland.com/Sleaty Crosses, Laois.html] [accessed 2 November 2023]
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view of church interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ed Hannon, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 3 April 2022 by Ed Hannon, in Visions of the Past [https://visionsofthepastblog.com/2022/04/03/sleaty-church-laois-ireland/] [accessed 2 November 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 25021SLE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (basin only)
Church/Chapel: Sleaty Church / Séipéal Shléibhte [former monastery church of St. Fiacc] [in ruins]
Church Patron Saints: St. Fiacc [aka Fiach]
Church Location: Unnamed Road, Sleaty, Co. Laois, Ireland
Country Name: Republic of Ireland
Location: Laois
Directions to Site: Located on the W bank of the Barrow river, N of the N80, 2-3 km N of Carlow town
Font Location in Church: Outside, near the doorway
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: Late Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: 8th-10thC monastery; medieval church now in ruins
Font Notes:
Click to view
Illustrated in Sean Murray in The Standing Stone [http://www.thestandingstone.ie/2015/04/guest-post-st-fiacc-and-sletty-by-sean.html] [accessed 2 November 2023]. Illustrated by Ed Hannon in Visions of the Past [https://visionsofthepastblog.com/2022/04/03/sleaty-church-laois-ireland/] [accessed 2 November 2023]. Noted and illustrated in Megalithic Ireland [http://www.megalithicireland.com/Sleaty Crosses, Laois.html] [accessed 2 November 2023]. The much damaged and weathered basi appears quadrangular, with the corners chamfered; rests directly on the ground.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.858035, -6.941791
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 51′ 28.93″ N, 6° 56′ 30.45″ W
UTM: 29U 638572 5858463
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: square (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: no lining