Welsh St. Donats No. 3 / Welsh St. Donat's / Llanddunwyd

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12745DON
Object Type: Stoup, fragment?
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Donat
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Donats] [aka Dunwyd]
Church Address: Welsh St Donats, The Vale of Glamorgan CF71 7SW
Site Location: Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located about 4 km NE of Cowbridge, 8 km SSW of Llantrissant, in S Glamorgan
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Llandaff
Historical Region: Hundred of Cowbridge -- formerly in the parish of Llanblethian
Additional Comments: abandoned stoup / disused stoup
Font Notes:
Noted in Orrin (1988): "The south porch [...] on the floor just inside the doorway is placed what appears to be part of a large 15th-century octagonal pillar stoup which was recently discovered in the purlieus of the churchyard."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 472131 5702978
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.477276, -3.401293
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 28′ 38.2″ N, 3° 24′ 4.66″ W

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. 409