Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.33951, -6.27202
- SMR number
- DU018-495----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
American Geographical Society Library, UW-MilwaukeeLionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Granite medieval baptismal font (H 0.96m x Wth 0.72 x D 0.72m) located inside St Patrick’s Cathedral (DU018-020269-) that was described in the Urban Survey of Dublin City (Bradley and King 1988, Vol. 1, 78) as follows; ‘Central drainage hole, it rests on a central column and four corner columns, two of which are modern. One side is roughened and this may be the side that was attached to a pier in the north aisle of the nave’ (Bernard 1905, 45). Located inside the baptistery at the W end of the Cathedral
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
References
Bernard, J. H. 1905 St. Patrick’s Cathedral. London.
Bradley, J. & King, H. (1988) Urban Archaeological Survey, Dublin, Volume 4. A report commissioned by the Office of Public works (Unpublished).
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