Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Font (present location)
Edenderry, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Edenderry
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.33491, -7.06496
- SMR number
- OF012-014----
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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
Now situated on a pillar at the back of the R C church in Edenderry but said to have come from Monasteroris church (OF011-009007-). Medieval octagonal shaped font (max. ext. Wth 0.4m; max. H 0.35m; diam. of bowl 0.33m; D 0.25m) with evidence of diagonal tooling on its outer faces which indicates early medieval date. Inscription on one face of the font reads 'MF O S F 1290', which is probably a later addition.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Nearby in the register
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.