Michaelston-le-Pit / Llanfihangel-y-Pwll / Llanvihangel-y-Pwll

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04402MIC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, W side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael & All Angels
Church Address: Michaelston-le-Pit, Dinas Powys CF64 4HE, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 29 2051 2555
Site Location: Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located about 4 km SW of Cardiff [NB: not to be mistaken with Michaelston-super-Ely W of Cardiff]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Davids
Font Notes:
Described in Orrin (1988): "The font of Purbeck marble which belongs to the Early English period of architecture, has an octagonal bowl on a cylindrical shaft and angle spurs at the base." Noted in Newman (1995) as a medieval font, "octagonal on a round stem." [NB: Orrin (1988) mentions an octagonal holy-water stoup "on the east side of the south doorway"; it may be medieval -- not listed in this Index]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 484575 5699830
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.44944, -3.22198
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 26′ 57.98″ N, 3° 13′ 19.13″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Newman, John, Glamorgan (Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan), London: Penguin Books; University of Wales Press, 1995, p. 448-449
  • Orrin, Geoffrey R., Medieval Churches of the Vale of Glamorgan, Cowbridge: D. Brown & Sons, 1988, p. 278