Michaelston-super-Ely No. 2 / Llanfihangel-ar-Elái / Llanvihangel-ar-Elái
INFORMATION
FontID: 12667MIC
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: Wales
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Directions to Site: Located about 8 km W of Cardiff [NB: not to be mistaken with Michaelston-le-Pit SW of Cardiff]
Font Location in Church: Near the S doorway
Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated
Font Notes:
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Described in Orrin (1988): "Near the south doorway stands an octagonal pillar stoup which is coeval [i.e., 14th-century] with the font".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Orrin, Geoffrey R., Medieval Churches of the Vale of Glamorgan, Cowbridge: D. Brown & Sons, 1988