Cerrigceinwen / Cerrig Ceinwen

Described and illustrated in Nash-Williams (1950): "Tub-shaped font [...] Decorated around the outer wall with four square panels filled variously with interlaced patterns carved in high relief: (a)double-beaded cruciform knot (R.A.724); (b)double-ribbon cross with knotted arm-ends (cf. R.A.733); (c)plain quadruple knot (R.A.732); (d)pair of plain interlinked oval rings (R.A.766). The back is plain. 12th century." The font is shown in Nash-Williams (ibid.) with a flat polygonal cover with a knob handle [NB: Nash-Williams gives the location first as the churchyard, then as inside the church; it was probably found in the former, then moved to the latter]. Described and illustrated by Peter Lord, in Diwylliant... (1998-2003), where he dates the font to the 10th or 11th century; [NB: Lord's argument regarding the limitations of on-site carving is interesting, but perhaps not very accurate, as the evidence indicates that many fonts were carved elsewhere before they were placed in their definite (?) location in the church]. Thurlby (2006) disagrees with Lord's early dating [cf. supra] and indicates his preference for a 12th-century date, as suggested in Nash-Williams and the RCAHM. Noted and illustrated in Pritchard (2009).