Rhoscrowther No. 2 / Rhôscrowther / Rhôsycrythor

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BBL01: design element - patterns - scalloped

INFORMATION

FontID: 10264PWL
Church/Chapel: [originally from the Parish Church of St. Mary, Pwllcrochan]
Country Name: Wales
Location: Pembrokeshire
Directions to Site: Located 8 km W of Pembroke
Font Location in Church: as off 1981/1982 this font was moved to the porch of the parish church at nearby Rhoscrowther
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Church Notes: A Texaco web site [www.texaco.co.uk/biodiversity/Manmade/pwllcrochan.htm] mentions that this church was closed in 1982. Lloyd (2001: 371) informs that it was "converted to a house in 1994".
Lloyd (2001) mentions that "the font and monuments have been transferred to Rhoscrowther". Later, in the entry for Rhoscrowther (ibid.) the font, now in the porch of St. Decuman's, Rhoscrowther, is a large scalloped font of the 12th or 13th century. [cf. Index entry for Rhoscrowther No. 1 for a smaller font in this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

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