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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mike Berrell, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken June 2009 by Mike Berrell
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received
INFORMATION
Font ID: 14934MYD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Michael / Eglwys Myddfai
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Notes: fabric of the present church said to go back to the 13th-century
Site Location: Carmarthenshire, Dyfed, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A40, near Llanddeusant, 5 km S of Llandovery, in the Brecon Beacons National Park
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a plain octagonal basin with a plain chamfered underbowl, raised on a slightly splaying octagonal base; on a modern quadrangular plinth. The wooden cover is octagonal and plain. [NB: the fabric of the church is said to go back to the 13th century]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mike Berrell for the photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U E 445853 N 5756437
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): N 51° 57.360 W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]