Llangiwa / Llangua
INFORMATION
FontID: 12392LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James
Church Patron Saints: St. James [may have been dedicated earlier to St. Ciwa [aka Ciwg, Cuick, Kewe, Kigwe, Kigwse]
Country Name: Wales
Location: Monmouthshire
Directions to Site: Located off the A465, S of Pontrilas, 14 km NE of Abergavenny
Historical Region: formerly Gwent / Monmouthshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Cognate Fonts: the font at Rogiet, in the same area [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Noted in Thurlby (2006) as a font with "a circular bowl on a thick circular stem", similar to the one at Rogiet.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006