Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Font
Powerstown East, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Powerstown East
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.60729, -7.01340
- SMR number
- KK025-007002-
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Describing the 'ancient' church of Powerstown, Robertson (1872-3, 256-7), mentions that, 'on entering the Church, we find the basin of a splendid early English font...The font is fluted and closely resembles those at St. Canice's Cathedral and St. Mary's Church'. This font was moved to St George’s Church, Goresbridge, previously known as St Mary’s Church, which lies 3.1km to the NNE (see KK021-055----) (Grattan-Bellew 1979, 45).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
References
Grattan-Bellew, B. 1979 The churches of Powerstown, Grange Sylvae and Goresbridge. Old Kilkenny Review, new series vol. 2, no. 1, 45-7.
Robertson, J. G. 1872-3 Proceedings. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 12, 256-7.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Headstoneunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.