Llangaffo / Llangafo
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B01: symbol - cross - saltire - 5
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thurlby, 2006
Image Source: B&W photograph in Thurlby (2006)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12459LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [re-cut], Norman
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Caffo, Llangaffo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Caffo%27s_Church,_Llangaffo
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Caffo [aka Gaffo]
Church Address: Llangaffo, Gaerwen LL60 6LT, United Kingdom
Site Location: Anglesey, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B4419-B4421 confluence, 8 km across the Menai NW of Caernarfon
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Anglesey
Additional Comments: altered font: basin re-cut in the 19th cent (?) -- modern base
Font Notes:
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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.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831, [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=47849] [accessed 27 December 2006]
- Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006, p. 229, 232 and fig. 327