Llansteffan

INFORMATION

FontID: 13603LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church
Country Name: Wales
Location: Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
Directions to Site: Located on the B3412, on the W bank of the River Towy, 13 km SW of Carmarthen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Font Notes:
Baker-Jones (1970) notes: ''In some churches along the coast there used to be many Norman fonts which had characteristics of their own and showed the advance of the invader into these parts . Thus in the churches of St . Mary, KidwelIy, Penbre, St . Ishmael's and Llanstephan the original fonts were of the square Norman type, having shallow bowls and ornamented with plain cushion capitals . The first three have disappeared but sketches of them still exist''

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

Baker-Jones, D.L., "Looking at Carmarthenshire Churches", VII (1970), The Carmarthenshire Historian, 1970