Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Font (present location)
Johnstown (skreen By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Johnstown (skreen By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.63603, -6.64842
- SMR number
- ME025-041001-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The undecorated sandstone font from Follistown (ME025-027002-) was moved to Johnstown Roman Catholic church, c. 3km to the W, in 1852 (Cogan 1862-70, 2, 241) where it is set up outside the door. It is octagonal (ext. dim. 0.65-0.67m; H 0.5m) with a circular basin (diam. 0.51m; D 0.2m) and chamfered under-panels. It sits uncomfortably on an octagonal stem (H 0.38m) that narrows slightly at the waist where there is a horizontal moulded rib (Wth 0.05m). The stem is limestone and might not belong with the basin (Roe 1968, 119-21). The apostle font from Kilcarne is inside the church (ME025-041----), and a pier (ME025-041002-) from the cloister arcade at Bective abbey (ME031-026----) is displayed on the outside of the church tower.
See attached image.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 17 December, 2014
References
Roe, H.M. 1968 Medieval fonts of Meath. Meath Archaeological and Historical Society.
Cogan, Rev. A. 1862-70 Ecclesiastical history of the diocese of Meath: ancient and modern. (3 vols) Dublin: John Fowler, Joseph Dollard
Nearby in the register
- Stone sculpture (present location)under 1 mi
- Font (present location)under 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.