Capel Curig / Capel-Carrig

INFORMATION

FontID: 10001CAP
Church/Chapel: [Chapel in ruins ca. 1838]
Country Name: Wales
Location: Aberconwy & Colwyn
Directions to Site: Located at the A5-A4086 junction, 35 km SSW of the Llandudno Junction
Historical Region: formerly Caernaervonshire
Font Location in Church: Reported inside the ruined chapel ca. 1838
Century and Period: , Medieval
A baptismal font in the ruins of this chapel appears in Cotman (1838, vol. 2: pl. XLII). The font consists of a very large cylindrical basin mounted on a two-voliume base, probably a base and a plinth; it appears plain all around.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Cotman, John Sell, Specimens of Architectural Remains in Various Counties in England, but principally in Norfolk, London: H.G. Bohn, 1838