Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Ardocheasty, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardocheasty
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 51.94882, -7.72613
- SMR number
- WA040-008019-
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Shown on 5 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
An octagonal font (dim. 0.68m) with a circular basin (diam. 0.52m; D 0.22m; H c. 0.4m) and stiff-leaf decoration on the eight side-panels, was originally supported on four pillars. The font and its octagonal base (dim. 0.68m; H 0.23m) was moved in 1838 from the nave of the Cathedral (WA040-008002-) to the nearby, then newly-built Church of Ireland church (WA040-008020-). (Westropp 1903, 372-3)
Westropp, T. J. (1903) Notes on the antiquities of Ardmore. JRSAI, 33, 353-80.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 20 October 2011
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