Kenilworth No. 1/ Chinewrde

INFORMATION

FontID: 07638KEN

Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (basin only)?

Country Name: England

Location: Warwickshire, West Midlands

Directions to Site: Located off the A46, N of Warwick, S of Coventry

Century and Period: 4th century (?), Early Christian

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in Petts (2003: 110) as a baptism lead tank.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, lead

Font Shape: round?

Basin Interior Shape: round?

Basin Exterior Shape: round?

REFERENCES

Petts, David, "Votive Deposits and Christian Practice in Late Roman Britain", The Cross Goes North: Processes of Conversion in Northern Europe, AD 300-1300, York: York Medieval Press, 2003