Welsh St. Donats No. 2 / Welsh St. Donat's / Llanddunwyd

INFORMATION

Font ID: 04409WEL
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Donat
Font Location in Church: Just inside the S doorway
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Donat [aka Dunwyd]
Church Address: Welsh St Donats, The Vale of Glamorgan CF71 7SW
Site Location: Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
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 Notes:
Described in Orrin (1988) and in Newman (1995) as a rectangular holy-water stoup located just inside the south doorway.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 472131 5702978
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.477276, -3.401293
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 28′ 38.2″ N, 3° 24′ 4.66″ W

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, p. 644
  • Orrin, Geoffrey R., Medieval Churches of the Vale of Glamorgan, Cowbridge: D. Brown & Sons, 1988, p. 409