Michaelston-super-Ely No. 2 / Llanfihangel-ar-Elái / Llanvihangel-ar-Elái
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12667MIC
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Decorated
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael
Font Location in Church: Near the S doorway
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29491820
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Site Location: Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located about 8 km W of Cardiff [NB: not to be mistaken with Michaelston-le-Pit SW of Cardiff]
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, p. 283