Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Font (present location)
Ballinlough (delvin By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinlough (delvin By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.63521, -7.02322
- SMR number
- WM009-044----
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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
Ballinlough Castle (WM009-047----) stands 3km S of Clonmellon village and the landscaped estate is now mainly used as a golf course. Medieval limestone octagonal-shaped baptismal font (H 0.31m; bowl diam. 0.64m) with central drainage hole standing in the walled garden of Ballinlough Castle which stands 175m to the NNW. According to the owner of Ballinlough Castle the font was moved to this location c. 50 years ago (1930s). The owner of the castle suggested that the font had been taken from the site of a medieval church located on the estate of Ballinlough Castle. The font (WM009-043003-) was originally located in the medieval church of Knock Killua (WM009-043----) dedicated to St. Lonán which is located 3.2km NE of Ballinlough Castle.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 1 November 2016
Nearby in the register
- House - fortified houseunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.