Llantrithyd No. 1 / Llantriddyd

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12526LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Norman / Transitional?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Illyd
Font Location in Church: Reported in the churchyard ca. 1988
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17744259
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Illtyd [aka Illtud]
Site Location: Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 5 km E of Cowbridge, in S Glamorgan
Additional Comments: abandoned font / disused font: in the churchyard [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
In Orrin (1988): "The only example in the Vale of Glamorgan of Norman arcading with trefoil arches appears on the defunct font at Llantrithyd church which lies neglected on the south side of the churchyard." Elsewhere in the same source Orrin (ibid.) notes: "on the south side of the churchyard is the pedestal of what appears to be an old font with fine Norman arcading."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Orrin, Geoffrey R., Medieval Churches of the Vale of Glamorgan, Cowbridge: D. Brown & Sons, 1988, p. 90, 236