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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Craig Thornber, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph by Craig Thornber, 2006 [www.thornber.net]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (e-mail of 15 September 2006)
INFORMATION
FontID: 10610WEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nectan
Church Patron Saints: St. Nectan [aka Nighton]
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located off the A39, 15 km N of Bude
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Craig Thornber, of www.thornber.net, for the photograph of this font.
Font Notes:
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Noted in Stabb (1908): "The circular font is ancient." In Rees (2003): "Norman tub font". The font consists of a cylindrical basin raised on a cylindrical stem and a round lower base, all plain; the upper rim of the basin appears to have damage consistent with the forceful removal of the staples from the old font cover.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Rees, Elizabeth, An essential guide to Celtic sites and their saints, London; New York: Burns & Oates, 2003
Stabb, John, Some old Devon churches, their roods, pulpits, fonts, etc., London: Simkin, [et al.], 1908-1916