Font (present location)

The National Monuments Service's description

A font, described by Wilde (1850, 95-6) as being plain and octagonal and 'two feet five inches in diameter (c. 0.7m)', and located in the graveyard at Bective parish church, known as Clady (ME031-019----), spent some time at Bective House. However, from 1953 until c. 1994 it was in the Church of Ireland church of Bective (ME031-010----). When this church closed the font was moved to the Roman Catholic church at Robinstown where it is kept inside the entrance porch. It is octagonal (ext. dim. 0.56m; H 0.3m) with a circular basin (diam. 0.48m; D 0.2m) and has a slight chamfer underneath. The basin rests on an octagonal piece that narrows to the shaft (dim. 0.3m; H 0.37m) which is modern. The shaft rests on an octagonal base (H 0.12m) which is also modern (total H 0.97m). two panels are decorated with faces in relief, a third has a shield with a plain cross and there is a small panel of vine-leaves (Roe 1968, 25-7).

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Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 13 February, 2015

References

Roe, H.M. 1968 Medieval fonts of Meath. Meath Archaeological and Historical Society.

Wilde, W. 1850 The beauties of the Boyne and its tributary, the Blackwater (2nd ed). Dublin. McGlashan.