Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Font (present location)
Ballynacarrigy, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynacarrigy
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.58162, -7.53595
- SMR number
- WM011-174----
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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
Medieval octagonal-shaped limestone baptismal font in the grounds of the 19th-century Roman Catholic Church (NIAH Reg. No. 15307022) at Ballynacarrigy, Co. Westmeath. According to the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage the medieval font may have been taken from Tristernagh Abbey (WM011-053----) located 4km to the NE. Another possibility is that the baptismal font was taken from the medieval chapel (WM011-051----) of Templecross in the townland of Tristernagh.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of Compilation: 10 November 2025
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.