Welsh St. Donats No. 2 / Welsh St. Donat's / Llanddunwyd
INFORMATION
FontID: 04409WEL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Donat
Church Patron Saints: St. Donat [aka Dunwyd]
Church Location: Welsh St Donats, The Vale of Glamorgan CF71 7SW
Country Name: Wales
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Directions to Site: Located about 4 km NE of Cowbridge, 8 km SSW of Llantrissant, in S Glamorgan
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Llandaff
Historical Region: Hundred of Cowbridge -- formerly in the parish of Llanblethian
Font Location in Church: Just inside the S doorway
Century and Period: , Medieval
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in Orrin (1988) and in Newman (1995) as a rectangular holy-water stoup located just inside the south doorway.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
51.477276,
-3.401293
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
51° 28′ 38.2″ N,
3° 24′ 4.66″ W
UTM: 30U 472131 5702978
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
REFERENCES
Newman, John, Glamorgan (Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan), London: Penguin Books; University of Wales Press, 1995
Orrin, Geoffrey R., Medieval Churches of the Vale of Glamorgan, Cowbridge: D. Brown & Sons, 1988