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Font

Knockmark, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Font, Knockmark, County Meath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Knockmark
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.51042, -6.59345
SMR number
ME044-001003-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 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

Located within the graveyard of Knockmark parish church (ME044-001----). A font, which is described (Davidson 1895) as an octagonal but broken piece of limestone ‘1 foot 10 inches wide (c. 0.56m)’ with an octagonal stem ‘1 foot 3 inches (c. 0.38m)’ in height and ‘1 foot 4 inches (c. 0.4m)’ wide at the top that had a moulding at the waist is no longer present in the graveyard. Each side of the basin had a socket for securing the cover.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 7 April, 2015

References

Davidson, Rev. H. 1895 Knockmark Churchyard. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, 3, 110-12.
the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, 3, 110-12.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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