Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Font
Forenaghts Great, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Forenaghts Great
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.22361, -6.60242
- SMR number
- KD019-024005-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Found buried N of Furness Church (KD019-024001-) and moved into the church. A square granite font (ext. dims L 0.72m; Wth 0.72m; int. dims. L 0.53m; Wth 0.53m; D 0.37m) contains a central perforation. Possibly 13th/14th century in date.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.