Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Font
Newhall, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newhall
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.80615, -9.00443
- SMR number
- CL041-062007-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in the cloister of Killone Augustinian nunnery (CL041-062001-). The pedestal of a font (base Wth 0.45m; H 0.71m) stands slightly askew in the cloister although it previously stood in the nave of the church. The font is described by Westropp (1900, 130) as ‘a simple but interesting font, resting on an octagonal pillar, with round fillets to four sides, and a moulded head with a round basin’ and a drawing is provided. The bowl is no longer present.
The following images have been uploaded:
CL041-062007-_01.jpg The complete font in 1951.
CL041-062007-_01.jpg As above at a similar date.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 15 November 2016
References
Westropp, T.J. 1900 Augustinian houses, Co. Clare, Clare, Killone and Inchicronan. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 30, 118-35.
Nearby in the register
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Augustinian nunsunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.