Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Font (present location)
Danescastle, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Danescastle
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.24004, -6.73252
- SMR number
- WX046-011----
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University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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
The highly decorated Romanesque font now in the Roman Catholic church at Carrick-on-Bannow originally came from Bannow church (WX045-045009-) (Tuomey 1850, 201). It is complete (H 0.87m) and was probably made from Dundry stone but is now painted white. It has a rectangular base (dims 0.6m x 0.61m; H 0.26m), a plain circular stem (diam. 0.48m), and the rectangular basin (dims 0.62m x 0.59m; H 0.4m) has banded decoration that is similar on two sides but different on the other two, and shows Anglo-Saxon influence. (Corlett 2012)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 19 August, 2013
References
Corlett, C. 2012 Two Romanesque fonts in Wexford. Archaeology Ireland 26 (4), 17-19.
Tuomey, J.C. 1850 The bay and town of Bannow. No. 2. Jounral of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 1, 194-210.
Nearby in the register
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- Cross (present location)under 1 mi
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- Cross (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.