Rogiet / Rogiett

The entry for this parish in Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 notes: "the font exhibits marks of Saxon origin". The Rogiet parish web site [www.rogiet.org.uk/pages/stmary/index.htm] reports: "An ancient font stands in the nave, somewhat older than the present fabric of the building appears to be [i.e., 14th century]. This font, although plain, is by no means crude. Its bowl is large and round with a short stem, and has been carefully carved from a single block of stone. On the rim of the bowl can be seen the points at which clasps were once fitted to secure the font lid in earlier times [...] Supporting the bowl is a short round column with a splayed base over which is badly damaged rib. Some signs of decoration can be seen, an area of blue paint being visible and traces of decorated plaster still adhere here and there" [NB: this same source notes that the church had been dedicated to St Hilary, later, at an unknown time, the advocation changed to St Mary's]. Noted in Thurlby (2006) as a font with "a circular bowl on a thick circular stem", similar to the one at Llangiwa.