Pencarreg No. 2
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BH01: human figure - head
INFORMATION
FontID: 09152PEN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Patrick
Church Patron Saints: St. Patrick [aka Pádraig, Padrig, Patricius]
Country Name: Wales
Location: Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
Directions to Site: Located on the A485, 6 km SW of Lampeter, 32 km NNE of Carmarthen, up the same road
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Cognate Fonts: The baptismal font in this temple
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described by Peter Lord, in Diwylliant... (1998-2003, vol. 3: 80), who dates it to the 12th century, as a stoup decorated with human head(s?), as is the baptismal font in the same church [cf. Index entry for Pencarreg No. 1]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
REFERENCES
The Visual Culture of Wales = Diwylliant gweledol Cymru, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1998-2003