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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
FontID: 14934MYD
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael / Eglwys Myddfai
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: Wales
Location: Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A40, near Llanddeusant, 5 km S of Llandovery, in the Brecon Beacons National Park
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 13th - 15th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mike Berrell for the photograph of this font
Church Notes: fabric of the present church said to go back to the 13th-century
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
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]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
N 51° 57.360 W,
UTM: 30U E 445853 N 5756437
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]