Pontfaen / Pontvaen
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 10261PON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Brynach
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Brynach
Church Notes: churchyard cross suggests original church 10thC+; church was in ruins 19thC; restored 1890s; listed as dedicated to St Bernard in Lewis' Topographical Dictionay of 1833
Church Address: Pontfaen, Gwaun Valley / Cwm Gwaun, Fishguard SA65 9SF, UK
Site Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located located off (E) the B4313, 7-8 km SE of Fishguard
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Davids
Historical Region: Hundred of Kemmes
Font Notes:
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No individual entry found for Pontfaen in the Domesday survey. A square font in this church is noted in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925). Described in Lloyd, etc. (2001): "Font. Medieval whitewashed square bowl chamfered at angles." The entry for this church in British Listed Buildings [https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300026809-church-of-st-brynach-cwm-gwaun#.XNL9WYp7lrQ] [accessed 8 May 2019] notes: "Anglican parish church, medieval origins, but said to have been rebuilt in 1670 and much repaired for £180 in 1810. Derelict in 1861 with the roof fallen in, restored 1861-3 [...] In churchyard are 2 early Christian inscribed stones, re-erected in 1901. [...] Square medieval font with chamfered angles, on chamfered and stopped stem and square base."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 370855 5759337
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.9697, -4.88
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 58′ 10.92″ N, 4° 52′ 48″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
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. 864
- Lloyd, Thomas, Pembrokeshire, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004, p. 365