Tywyn / Towyn / Towyn-on-Sea / Tywyn Meirionnydd
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view of font - upper view
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken in August 2000 by Anne & Thomas Heck for BSI
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view of font and cover
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken in August 2000 by Anne & Thomas Heck for BSI
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view of font
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph in the RCAHM's An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, VI. County of Merioneth, (London: HMSO, 1921) fig. 23
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: Source caption: " The Romanesque parish church of Saint Cadfan housing St Cadfan's Stone dating from the eighth or ninth century. The earliest parts of the building date to the twelfth century, and it originally had a central tower, although this fell down in 1693. The church houses two fourteenth-century monuments. One of the effigies is of an unknown priest in full Eucharistic vestments. The other is a military figure thought to be Gruffudd ab Adda (1350). The effigy is known as the 'Crying Knight' due to a flaw in the stone at his right eye which becomes damp during wet weather, giving the impression of weeping."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Peter Broster, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 October 2012 by Peter Broster [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Cadfan's_(8184427495).jpg] [accessed 26 December 2019]
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view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anne & Thomas Heck, 2020
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken in August 2000 by Anne & Thomas Heck for BSI
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view of church interior - object
Scene Description: Source caption: "Gravestone thought to carry the earliest surviving Welsh inscription, which has been dated to the early 8th century. It is kept inside St Cadfan's Church, Towyn, Gwynedd."
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 April 2007 by Eleri James [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beddfaen_Cymraeg_o'r_8fed_ganrif_2.jpg] [accessed 26 December 2019]
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view of church interior - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © RwthTomos1948, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 September 2017 by RwthTomos1948 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eglwys_Cadfan_Gorllewinol.jpg] [accessed 26 December 2019]
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design element - motifs - claw, leaf or spur - 4
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anne & Thomas Heck, 2020
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken in August 2000 by Anne & Thomas Heck for BSI
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design element - motifs - moulding
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken in August 2000 by Anne & Thomas Heck for BSI
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information
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anne & Thomas Heck, 2020
Image Source: digital image of field notes taken in August 2000 by Anne & Thomas Heck
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information
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anne & Thomas Heck, 2019
Image Source: digital image of field notes taken in August 2000 by Anne & Thomas Heck
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03474TYW
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2000-08-01
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church od St. Cadfan
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end, near the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Cadfan [aka Cadvan]
Church Address: Ffordd Gwalia Rd, Tywyn LL36 9DL, UK
Site Location: Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A493, on the Cardigan Bay coast, about 15 km N of Aberystwyth, just N of the mouth of the Afon Dyfi (river Dovey)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bangor
Historical Region: formerly Merionethshire
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here [cf. FontNotes])
Font Notes:
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The Archaeologia Cambrensis: The Journal of the Cambrian Archoeological Association vol. XIV, 1897, 5th series, p. 160, lists an illustration of a baptismal font in Towyn, Merionethsire. The entry for this Towyn in the RCAHM's An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, VI. County of Merioneth, (London: HMSO, 1921, p. 170 and fig. 23) notes: "the nave and aisles and some portion of the north transept date from the period 1150-1200 [...] The font is Norman, 2 feet 10 inches high" [NB: the dating of the font as Norman in the RCAHM does not match the illustration included in the entry, which would more likely be dated as late-medieval [cf. infra]. The listing for this church in the CDAW [https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?id=4642] [accessed 26 December 2019] notes: "A cruciform church in C19 Gothic style built around the core of a C12 church [...] The square font is chamfered at the angles, stands on a squat octagonal stem and square base, and is late medieval. Square mounted font; the basin is square but has the corners trimmed. The stem of the base is round and has a prominent torus at its middle. The lower base is chamfered and the plinth is square. There is no ornamentation except for a trimming of the corners of the lower base into a wide beak-like spur motif .
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Anne & Thomas Heck for their information on and photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 426455 5827015
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.58819, -4.0856
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 35′ 17.48″ N, 4° 5′ 8.16″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, unknown
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: square (rounded angles)
Basin Exterior Shape: square (trimmed angles)
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Diameter (inside rim): 43 x 43 cm*
Basin Depth: 39 cm*
Basin Total Height: 36 cm*
Height of Base: 49 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 85 cm* / 86.36 cm**
Font Height (with Plinth): 97 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 59 x 59 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Anne & Thomas Heck / ** in ft-in in the RCAHM [cf. FiontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Notes: Square wooden lid, modern, with angel finial