Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Font (present location)
Town Parks (kells Upper By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Town Parks (kells Upper By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.72757, -6.87971
- SMR number
- ME017-044024-
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
From Bradley and King (1985, 1, 82) Font A. Inside the church. A well-made polished limestone octagonal font (dim 0.65m; H 1.18m) of uncertain date. It has an octagonal shaft and base. The basin is circular (D 0.2m) with sloping sides and central drainage-hole (Roe 1968, 122). This font is from Moynalvy Church of Ireland church (ME011-013----) which is now closed but the font is probably 19th century in date.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 14 September, 2015
References
Bradley, J. and King, H.A. 1985 Urban archaeological survey - county Meath. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Roe, H.M. 1968 Medieval fonts of Meath. Meath Archaeological and Historical Society.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Sundialunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.