Llangaffo / Llangafo

Thurlby (2006) notes that the saltire motif on the Trefdraeth font "appears on three other Anglesey fonts: Llangaffo, Llechcynfarwy and Llanfair-yn-Neubyll". The font consists of a tub-shape re-cut basin raised on a modern octagonal stem; the exagerated motifs may be a highlighting of the original saltire patterns; the upper rim has a groove all around, probably for the edge of the cover; the lower rim of the basin has been re-cut with eight chamfers as if to introduce the theme of the octagonal base, ill-suited as it is for this type of basin. The basin was probablty re-cut at the time of the major re-building of this church in the 19th century reported in Lewis' Dictionary of 1848.