Llanstinan / Llanstinian

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12445LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [altered?], Norman [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Justinian, Llanstinan
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17743654
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Justinian
Church Address: Llanstinan, Pembrokeshire, SA65 9RH, UK
Site Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A40, 4-5 km SW of Fishguard [Coordinates for the church: 51:57.9495N 4:58.7813W]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St David's
Historical Region: Hundred of Dewisland
Additional Comments: altered font?
Font Notes:
The RCAHMW (Pembrokeshire, 1925) reports: "The font basin is 21 1/2 inches square, 19 inches internal diameter, and 6 inches deep, and has a circular base ; it has been repaired with cement. It may date from the Norman period, but appears to have been altered.—Visited, 21st June, 1915." Noted in Thurlby (2006) in a long "List of scalloped table-top fonts in Pembrokeshire". [NB: the church is documented since 1291]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Diameter (inside rim): 47.5 cm*
Basin Depth: 15 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 53.75 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in the RCAHMW (Pembrokeshire, 1925)]

REFERENCES

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments and Constructions in Wales and Monmouthshire, An inventory of the ancient and historical monuments of the County of Pembroke, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1925, no. 540, p. 180
  • Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006, p. 188