Pen-y-Clawdd
INFORMATION
FontID: 12396PEN
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: Wales
Location: Monmouthshire
Directions to Site: Located 2-3 km S of Dingestow, 9 km SW of Monmouth
Historical Region: formerly Gwent / Monmouthshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Norman? / Transitional?
Cognate Fonts: Llanwenarth, Mitchell Troy and St Maughans.
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Noted in Thurlby (2006) as one of a group of tub-shaped fonts in the area: Llanwenarth, Mitchell Troy, Pen-y-Clawdd and St Maughans.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
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