Llanfyrnach / Llanvrynach / Llanvyrnach

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10209LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century[basin only] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Brynach
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29503997
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Brynach [perhaps same as St. Brannock]
Site Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 13 km SW of Newcastle-Emlyn, 18 km from Cardigan [Coordinates: 51° 57′ 1″ N, 4° 35′ 28″ W 51.950278, -4.591111 -- UTM 30U 390652 5756704]
Additional Comments: altered font: on a modern stem
Font Notes:
Noted in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925): "The present structure was erected in 1842 [...] The font is a plain octagonal basin of 25 1/2 inches exterior and 20 inches interior diameter, chamfering off to an octagonal shaft of modern masonry; the base is concealed beneath the wooden floor. On one of the faces of the bowl the letters T.D. have been rudely cut.—Visited, 16th September , 1914." Noted in Lloyd (2001) as late-medieval.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Rim Thickness: 7 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 50 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 63.75 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925)]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: letters
Inscription Location: on one of the basin sides
Inscription Text: "T D"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

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, no. 477, p. 166
  • Lloyd, Thomas, Pembrokeshire, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004, p. 251