Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Font
Grange (shelburne By., Fethard Ed), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Grange (shelburne By., Fethard Ed)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.19312, -6.83920
- SMR number
- WX050-011008-
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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
Within the Church of Ireland church of St. Mogue on the site of the medieval parish church of Fethard (WX050-011001-). This is a decorated rectangular font (ext. dims 0.7m x 0.69m; H 0.4m; int. dims 0.52m x 0.51m; D 0.24m) of Caen or Dundry stone, thought to have come from Dunbrody Abbey (Hore 1900-11, vol. 4, 338). It is complete (H 0.82m) with a circular stem tapering down to a rectangular base (dims 0.64m x 0.63m; H 0.22m). One side of the reservoir is decorated in banded decoration that betrays Anglo-Saxon influence and is similar to the font from Bannow church (WX045-045009-) (Corlett 2012).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 12 February, 2014
References
Corlett, C. 2012 Two Romanesque fonts in Wexford. Archaeology Ireland 26 (4), 17-19.
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- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.