Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Font
Rathaspick, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathaspick
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.30119, -6.49790
- SMR number
- WX042-010003-
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University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A font of Dundry stone and its base were located outside the doorway of the present church of Rathapick church (WX043-010001-) but they were moved to the Irish Agricultural Museum at Johnstown Castle, c. 1km to the SSW, for safe-keeping in July 2018. The font is rectangular (ext. dims 0.6m x 0.6m; H 0.25m), with carved foliage beneath the basin externally at the point where a moulding joins it as one piece to a cylindrical stem (diam. 0.23m; H 0.25m) that narrows towards the bottom. The base (dims 0.6m x 0.6m; H 0.25m) has a raised circular ridge (diam. 0.5m) to accept the base of the stem (total H 0.92m). The scalloping suggests Romanesque influences and a late 12th century date (O’Brien 2015).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 13 August, 2018
References
O'Brien, K. 2015 A third Romanesque font from County Wexford. Archaeology Ireland, vol. 29, No. 2, Issue 112, 41-2.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.