Dinham Castle

INFORMATION

Font ID: 06589DIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Church of the Castle?
Font Location in Church: Not in a church. The font fragment is in use as the trough for the pump
Site Location: Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Dinham is located just N of Caerwent, 5-6 km WSW of Chepstow
Historical Region: formerly Gwent / Monmouthshire
Additional Comments: damaged / abandoned / recycled font: formerly a font, later used as a trough for the water pump at the castle
Town/City Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24661885
Font Notes:
Kelly's directory for Monmouthshire for 1901 notes: "There was formerly a church at Dinham, some traces of which may be seen at the gable end of one of the farm, buildings belonging to Great Dinham farm. The font is used as a pump-trough in the farm yard and the lid of a stone coffin, locally known as "The Bishop's Stone," is built into the, garden wall. The church has been long abandoned and the parish is now united for ecclesiastical purposes to that of Llanvair-Discoed". A text by Octavius Morgan and Thomas Wakeman, "Notes on the Ecclesiatical Remains at Runston" printed in Newport, 1856, reported that a "part of the baptismal font has long been used as a trough for the pump" at Dinham Castle, near Caerwent, In Monmouthshire. [source: www.castlewales.com]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: [fragment]