Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Font (present location)
Monknewtown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Monknewtown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.71758, -6.47015
- SMR number
- ME019-018----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
At the front of St. Mary's Roman Catholic church is an octagonal font (ME019-018001-) which was moved from the parish church at Dowth (ME020-019----) and a font from the old church at Monknewtown (ME019-019----). The font from Monknewtown is about half an octagonal stone (dim. 0.74m; H 0.53m) narrowing towards the flat base (dim. 0.62m), with a circular basin (diam. 0.57m; D 0.2-0.26m) with a wave-like rim whcih rises to peaks at the angles, but with no drain-hole. (Roe 1968, 124-5)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
See attached image.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 16 June 2014
References
Roe, H.M. 1968 Medieval fonts of Meath. Meath Archaeological and Historical Society.
Nearby in the register
- Font (present location)under 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.