Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Font
Knightstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knightstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.75049, -6.73390
- SMR number
- ME012-038002-
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The circular font (ext. diam. 0.63m; int. diam. 0.43m; D 0.25m; H 0.61m) with three short legs from the church of Kilshine (Roe 1968, 121-2) is now inthe graveyard (ME017-044034-) at St. Columba’s Church of Ireland church, in Kells (ME017-044040-).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload; 23 May, 2014
Amended: 18 June, 2014
References
Roe, H.M. 1968 Medieval fonts of Meath. Meath Archaeological and Historical Society.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Passage tomb artunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.