Llanychaer / Llanychâr / Llanerch-aur
Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1925
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BBL01: design element - motifs - scallop - 8
Scene Description: two on each side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1925
Image Source: drawing in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925)
Copyright Instructions: PD
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1925
Image Source: drawing in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925)
Copyright Instructions: PD
INFORMATION
FontID: 10220LLA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. David
Church Patron Saints: St. David [aka David of Wales, Davidus, Dewy]
Country Name: Wales
Location: Pembrokeshire
Directions to Site: Located 3-4 km SE of Fishguard
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century [re-tooled], Norman [altered]
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Noted and illustrated in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925): "The font is probably of the Norman period. It has been re-dressed.*—Visited, 4th June , 1915." [NB: the footnote to this entry reads: "A Ms. presentment of the year 1684 sets forth that 'ye font wants a cover, a carpet for the Communion Table, a pew for ye minister to read in, and a pulpit cloth and cushion for the pulpit, a Communion cup and flagon, a hearse cloth, a box to keep alms are all wanting, except one large Welsh Bible, and one Welsh Book of Common Prayer.'" Described in Lloyd, etc. (2001): "Small medieval font, retooled, square with chamfered base and two arch-headed sunk pannels each side."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
LID INFORMATION
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