Llanfaelog

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BBL01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 12483LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Maelog
Church Patron Saints: St. Maelog
Country Name: Wales
Location: Anglesey, Gwynedd
Directions to Site: Located on the A4080, about 15 km ESE of Holyhead
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the S side of the nave
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes:
Reported in the Llanfaelog St Maelog's web site [www.stmaelog.org.uk/pages/taly.htm] [accessed 3 January 2007]: "On the south side of the nave is a 15th century octagonal gritstone font with roll moulding at the base, set on an octagonal stem with necking." [NB: the Norman basin now [ca. 2007] housed in this church for safe-keeping belonged to the Tal-y-llyn [aka Talyllyn] chapel of St. Mary -- cf. Index entry for Tal-y-llyn No. 1 for the corresponding entry]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, [gritstone]
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal