Llandrillo-yn-Rhos / Llandrillo-Yn-Rhôs

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B01: design element - motifs - nail-head

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 04436LLA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Trillo
Church Patron Saints: St. Trillo
Country Name: Wales
Location: Denbighshire
Directions to Site: Located about 2 km up the coast from Colwyn Bay
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Norman / Early English?
Reported in Lewis' Dictionary of 1849 as a Norman font. Listed in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as a Norman font decorated with nail-head motif. Described in Hubbard (1986) as a "bowl with a band of nailhead" and dated to the 13th century

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Hubbard, Edward, Clwyd (Denbigshire and Flintshire), London: Penguin Books; University of Wales Press, 1986
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1833
Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928