St. Donats nr. Llantwit Major / Sain Dunwyd

INFORMATION

FontID: 09960DON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Dunwyd [formerly a priory church]
Church Patron Saints: St. Donats [aka Dunwyd]
Church Location: St Donats, Llantwit Major CF61 1ZB, UK
Country Name: Wales
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Directions to Site: Located off Dimlands Rd, 2-3 km W of Llantwit Major, 10 km S of Brigend
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the tower
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
Font Notes:
The entry for this church in British Listed Buildings [https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300013329-church-of-st-donat-st-donats#.XNMOnop7lrQ] [accessed 8 May 2019] notes: "Originally a small C12 church with apsed chancel. The tower was added in the early C14, the Lady Chapel (now Stradling Chapel) in the late C14, the chancel was rebuilt in the C15 and the nave in the C16. The body of the church was restored in 1878 [...] and then altered and with the tower reconstructed in 1907 [...] the porch, which has a medieval stoup [...] Norman font with two rows of small scale pattern and with tall conical wooden cover at base of tower."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.4016, -3.5343
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 24' 5" N, 3° 32' 3" W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]