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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Tyrrell-Green (1928: fig. 13)
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dylan Moore, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 October 2008 by Dylan Moore [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/997352] [accessed 8 January 2015]
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Emlyn Deanery / Deoniaeth Emlyn, 2015
Image Source: photograph in the Emlyn Deanery / Deoniaeth Emlyn web site
[http://emlyndeanery.co.uk/troed/a4.jpg] [accessed 8 January 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Emlyn Deanery / Deoniaeth Emlyn, 2015
Image Source: photograph in the Emlyn Deanery / Deoniaeth Emlyn web site [http://emlyndeanery.co.uk/troed/morephotos2.html] [accessed 8 January 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: a small part of the basin of the old font is visible at the bottom-right corner of the image, under a green cover or top
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Emlyn Deanery / Deoniaeth Emlyn, 2015
Image Source: photograph in the Emlyn Deanery / Deoniaeth Emlyn web site [http://emlyndeanery.co.uk/troed/morephotos2.html] [accessed 8 January 2015]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05866TRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Decorated
Cognate Fonts: Tyrrell-Green gives other fonts with such angles shafts at Barrington (Cams.), Henllan (Cardigan), Tresillian (Cornwall) and Worthing (Norfolk)
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael / Eglwys Sant Mihangel
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, S side, W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Notes: original church unknown, probably 13thC; re-built 1793; re-built again 1851
Church Address: Troedyraur, Newcastle Emlyn SA38 9EX, UK
Site Location: Ceredigion, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B4571, 7 km NNE from Newcastle-Emlyn, 20-25 km E of Cardigan
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Davids
Historical Region: Hundred of Troedyaur -- formerly Cardiganshire/Sir Aberteifi
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Tyrrell-Green (1928: 35) as a square mounted baptismal font; the corners of the basin have unfinished angle shafts, which give the basin the appearance of having had its top sliced off (Other such fonts at Henllan in Cardiganshire,Tresillian in Cornwall, and Worthing in Norfolk. The CADW listing of 1996 [www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-15651-church-of-st-michael-troedyraur] [accessed 8 January 2015] reports: "C13 square font with unusual short round beads at outer angles and some incised outlining."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 401134 5771077
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.08143, -4.442789
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 4′ 53.15″ N, 4° 26′ 34.04″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
- Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 35