Merthyr Mawr No. 2

INFORMATION

FontID: 04401MER
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Teilo
Church Patron Saints: St. Teilo [aka Elidius, Eliud, Eloi, Tello, Teilaw, Tellaw]
Country Name: Wales
Location: Bridgend
Directions to Site: Located about 5 km SW of Bridgend
Historical Region: formerly Glamorgan
Font Location in Church: Near the baptismal font
Described in Newman (1995) simply as a holy-water stoup: "Medieval stone, quatrefoil. Loose by the font." [NB: not certain whether the "quatrefoil" refers to the shape or the ornamentation, though most likely the former]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cruciform?
Basin Exterior Shape: cruciform?

REFERENCES

Newman, John, Glamorgan (Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan), London: Penguin Books; University of Wales Press, 1995