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Font

Ardeenloun East, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Font, Ardeenloun East, County Waterford, 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
Ardeenloun East
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.22129, -7.31477
SMR number
WA016-026004-

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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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (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

Situated on a S-facing slope. The parish church of Newcastle (WA016-026001-) is within a subrectangular graveyard (WA016-026002-). An octagonal font (ext. dim. 0.57m; H 0.45m) with a subrectangular basin (int. dims. 0.41m x 0.41m; D 0.23m) is just outside the church to the N. A castle site (WA016-025----) is c. 70m to the NW. (Martin 1874-5, 249-50; Power 1895, 169-70)

Compiled by: Michael Moore.

Date of upload/revision: 20th December, 2010.

References

Power, Rev. P. 1895 The ancient ruined churches of Co. Waterford. Waterford and South East of Ireland Archaeological Journal 1, 133-41, 162-72, 247-53.

Martin, Dr. 1874-5 Proceedings and papers. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 13, 247-50, 437, 479, 481.

Nearby in the register

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

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