Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Font
Ballymagarvey, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymagarvey
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.62211, -6.49022
- SMR number
- ME032-009002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (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
In the graveyard (ME032-009001-), just outside the E gable of the parish church (MW032-009----). This is a large fragment of a rectangular sandstone font (dims 0.6m x 0.6m; max. H 0.5m) with chamfered angles and a circular basin (diam. 0.49m; D 0.27m). The side-panels are D-shaped as the stone morphs into a circular form at the bottom. (Roe 1968, 109-10)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 23 January, 2015
References
Roe, H.M. 1968 Medieval fonts of Meath. Meath Archaeological and Historical Society.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Cross - Wayside cross (present location)under 1 mi
- Cross - Wayside crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.