Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Font (present location)
Baltinglass East, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baltinglass East
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.93982, -6.70385
- SMR number
- WI027-024004-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
The font stands in the porch of St Joseph's RC Church in Baltinglass. Its original location (WI027-024005-) is uncertain, local tradition being divided between the graveyards at Kilranelagh (WI027-034002-) and Coolinarrig (WI027-027003-), the latter being both closer and within the present parish of Baltinglass. The font consists of a large, oblong, granite block (L 0.76m; Wth 0.75m; H 0.3m) containing a straight-sided, oblong basin (diam. 0.56m; D 0.2m) with a central drain-hole (diam. 0. 5m) now filled with concrete. A cross (H 0.23m; Wth 0.18m) is carved in bold relief formed by a raised band (Wth 0.04-0.05m; H 0.015m) on the font's side.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 15 October 2012
Nearby in the register
- Metalworking siteunder 1 mi
- Cremation pitunder 1 mi
- Historic townunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.