Llanddewi nr. Rhossili
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view of church exterior - west view
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: the font is partially visible at the bottom right corner of the image, that is, on the south side of the nave, by the south entranceway
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view of font and cover
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view of font cover
Scene Description: the modern cover
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INFORMATION
FontID: 04386LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. David
Church Patron Saints: St. David [aka David of Wales, Davidus, Dewy]
Country Name: Wales
Location: Swansea
Directions to Site: Located off the A118, 2-3 kms NE of Rhossili, at the westernmost end of West Glamorgan
Historical Region: Glamorgan
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, W end, S side
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Cognate Fonts: probably the font at Cheriton, just a few kms to the north
Font Notes:
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Described in Newman (1995) as a tub-shaped font mounted on a square base; no date given. The font is a bucket-shaped basin with a thin groove about four inches below the upper rim for all decoration. Stands directly on a rectangular plinth. The wooden cover is round, decorated with a rope moulding and inscribed with the donor's particulars; pair of hands holding up a Latin cross finial; modern.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Newman, John, Glamorgan (Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan), London: Penguin Books; University of Wales Press, 1995