Killoughternane

INFORMATION

Font ID: 25882KIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 10th - 14th century (?), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Killoughternane Early Christian Church / Cill Fhoirtchearnáin [in ruins]
Font Location in Church: In the ruins
Church Notes: 10thC Celtic Christian church built on the remains of a timber church said to have been built by Fortiarnán (Fortchern, Fortcheirn) in the 5th century AD; present remains are those of a later oratory of the 10thC built on the site of an earlier 8th century timber-framed church; stone church built on the site in the 14thC
Church Address: Killoughternane, Borris, Co. Carlow, Ireland
Site Location: Carlow, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the R702, NW of Mount Leinster, about 6 km NE of Borris
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin
Additional Comments: fragment of a font? / disused font?
Font Notes:
The entry for this site in Visions of the Past [https://visionsofthepastblog.com/2015/04/19/killoughternane-church-co-carlow/] [accessed 27 July 2025] reports and illustrates "A stone baptismal font is situated in one corner of the church"; the object appears to be a stone basin, quadrangular inside and out; all plain. Illustrated in a digital photograph taken 4 September 2009 by Andreas F. Borchert in Wikipedia [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Killoughternane_Early_Christian_Church_Baptismal_Font_2009_09_04.jpg] [accessed 27 July 2025] captioned: "Baptismal font of St Fortchern's church, Killoughternane." This object is indexed in the Archaeological Survey of Ireland under SMR No. CW019-048002-

COORDINATES

UTM: 29U 645252 5833709
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.63383, -6.86338
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 38' 0.71" N, 6° 51' 8.03" W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square