Llanfair Kilgeddin No. 2 / Llanfair Cilgedin / Llanvair Kilgidin
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 04374LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Llanvair Kilgeddin, Abergavenny NP7 9BG, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 20 4520 4458
Site Location: Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located about 20 km WSW of Monmouth, about halfway between Usk and Abergavenny
Historical Region: formerly Gwent / Monmouthshire
Additional Comments: illustrated in www.flickr.com/photos/trelewis/sets/72157614379040028/ [accessed 14 May 2012] [no download]
Font Notes:
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Described in Newman (2000) as a late medieval font, "hexagonal on a panelled foot with shields. Newman also mentions that the lid, "flat and covered in blind tracery patters", is the only medieval font-cover in the area. This is an odd-looking font that stands at a corner of the nave, side by side with the old [Norman?] font; it consists of three parts: a practically plain tapering hexagonal basin, raised on a hexagonal stem decorated with shields, and a hexagonal base that looks like an upside-down basin, although the shields that decorate the sides are the right way up; on a hexagonal plinth with kneeling stone.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 504452 5735760
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.772705, -2.935474
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 46′ 21.74″ N, 2° 56′ 7.7″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hexagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: Late medieval
Notes: [cf. Font notes]
REFERENCES
- Newman, John, Gwent/Monmouthshire, London: Penguin Books; University of Wales Press, 2000, p. 25, 284