St. Martin-in-Meneage / Saint Martin in Meneage / St. Martin in Kerrier

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10935MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Martin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B3293, WSW of Manaccan, ESE of Mawgan, in the Deanery of Kerrier
Font Notes:
Noted in Pevsner (1970): "Font. Norman, with corner shafts and rosettes in flat relief."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, Elvan stone?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cornwall, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1970, p. 188