Little Newcastle / Casnewyyd Bach / Castell-newydd-bach / Nghastell Newydd Bach

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design element - motifs - scallop - trumpet scallop

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 12 September 2008 by ceridwen [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/962184] [accessed 9 December 2010]

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 August 2019 by Basher Eyre [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6257831] [accessed 23 January 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 September 2008 by ceridwen [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/962201] [accessed 23 January 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "The font at St Peter's, Casnewydd Bach/Little Newcastle The C12 bowl is the oldest part of the church and, along with part of the wall behind it, the only remnant from its mediaeval construction, although its original foundation and dedication to St David may have been Celtic. The church fell into decay in the C18 and there were several attempts to rebuild it before its Victorian restoration which also supplied the pillar supporting the font and the floor tiles."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 September 2008 by ceridwen [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/962184] [accessed 9 December 2010]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 10179NEW

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter

Church Patron Saints: St. Peter [originally St. David?]

Church Location: Beulah-Hill, Little Newcastle, Haverfordwest SA62 5TD, UK

Country Name: Wales

Location: Pembrokeshire

Directions to Site: Located E of the A40, 12 km S of Fishguard, 18 km NE of Haverfordwest, 16 km from Newport

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Davids

Historical Region: Hundred of Kemmes

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, opposite the N doorway

Century and Period: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]

Church Notes: the church has only a north entrance

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Noted in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925) as an octagonal font [i.e., square with widely chamfered corners]. Described in Lloyd, etc. (2001): "Font. C12, small scalloped square bowl with chamfered angles". Noted in Thurlby (2006) in a long "List of scalloped table-top fonts in Pembrokeshire". The entry for this church in COFLEIN [https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/421245/details/st-peters-church-little-newcastle] [accessed 23 January 2020] notes: "The medieval building consisted of a double nave and chancel, the north aisle demolished but replaced during nineteenth century restorations. the fabric was repaired in 1806 and between 1842-43, with major restoration taking place [...] between 1870 and 1875 including the addition of the porch in 1870. The interior retains the twelfth century font". The font is heavily whitewashed; the circular pedestal base is said to have been added during the 19th-century re-building of the church.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.92158, -4.9386

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 55′ 17.69″ N, 4° 56′ 18.96″ W

UTM: 30U 366688 5754092

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Notes: the basin has evidence of former staples from the old cover at opposite ends of the upper rim

REFERENCES

Great Britain. Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments and Constructions in Wales and Monmouthshire, An inventory of the ancient and historical monuments of the County of Pembroke, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1925

Lloyd, Thomas, Pembrokeshire, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004

Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006