Llanrhychwyn / Llanrychwyn / Llanrhytchwyn / Llan-Rhychwyn

Described in Roberts (1883): "The rectangular font corresponds with such as are assigned to the 8th century." Listed in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as a baptismal font "much older" than the 14th century, without further details. The entry for this church in the RCAHM, An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Caernarvonshire: I East ..., (vol. 1, p, 157ff) notes the church as possibly 12th-century, enlarged in the 15th, 16th and 18th centuries; of the font, it notes: "on a two-stepped base against the W. side of the first pier from the W. Square trough of sandstone, lime washed externally [...] of early type, possibly 12th century""; it gives measurements in ft/in. The entry for this church in COFLEIN [https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/43809/details/st-rhychwins-church-llanrhychwyn] [accessed 29 January 2020] notes: "St Rhychwin's church, Llanrhychwyn probably began as single cell chapel of the 12th century with additions made in the 14th and 16th centuries. Some alterations were made in the 18th and 19th centuries. The church is small, twin aisled and rectangular, with a possibly 12th century limewashed interior"; it mentions no font in it. The Welsh Civic Trust web site [www.civictrustwales.org] notes: "The square font dates from the 11C or even earlier." The font is an irregular quadrangular tub, wider at the upper end; it is quadrangular both inside and out; there is a damaged side with a chunk of the stone missing. It has been set against one of the walls and stands on a two-step plinth or platform.