Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Font
Balisland, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Balisland
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.73644, -6.57494
- SMR number
- WI046-001----
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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
This font came to the attention of the National Museum of Ireland in 1964. It was described as ‘an old stone font which was found near an old religeen in the townland of Balisland, near Shillelagh, Co. Wicklow’ which is ’14 ins. in width, 20 ins. in length and 7½ ins. in height, externally, and 11 ins. in width, 16 ins. in length and 5 ins. in depth, internally … rather round-shaped in the front on the outside and straight on each side, and the back seems to have been pulled away from a wall, …wide at top and rather round in bottom, with a hole at one side of bottom. It has no inscription or decoration on it, just plain stone’ (OPW file 1964). This record records the original location of the font at a burial ground (WI046-003----). The font has since been moved and its present location is unknown.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 17 October 2012
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.