Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Font
Abbeyland South, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Abbeyland South
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.65548, -6.68590
- SMR number
- ME025-024004-
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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)
- 1811 · Ireland. (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
The limestone font described by Dopping (1693) as being in St Mary’s abbey (Reynell 1888-91, 463) is now in St Mary’s Church of Ireland church (ME025-044009-) in Navan (Roe 1968, 89-91).
References
Reynell, Rev. W. 1888-91 Navan. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead, Ireland. vol. 1, 4, 461-3.
Roe, H.M. 1968 Medieval fonts of Meath. Meath Archaeological and Historical Society.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Stone sculptureunder 1 mi
- Tomb - chest tombunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Augustinian canonsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.