Usk

INFORMATION

FontID: 04357USK

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Country Name: Wales

Location: Monmouthshire

Directions to Site: Located about 20 km NNE of Newport and about 25 km WSW of Monmouth

Century and Period: 12th century (late), Norman

Cognate Fonts: Whitson, also in Gwent

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in Newman (2000) as a late 12th century baptismal font: "Square font with chamfered angles, chamfered down to a circular stem surrounded by four attached shafts with scallop caps."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: square (mounted)

Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

Newman, John, Gwent/Monmouthshire, London: Penguin Books; University of Wales Press, 2000