Ruan Major / Ruan Veur

INFORMATION

FontID: 15713RUA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Rumon [in ruins]
Church Patron Saints: St. Rumon of Tavistock [aka Ronan, Ruadan, Ruan]
Country Name: England
Location: Cornwall, South West
Directions to Site: Located S of Ruan Minor, on the Lizard peninsula
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Font Notes:
Noted in Cox (1912) as an octagonal font of the Early English period [NB: the church is abandoned and in ruins; appears to have lasted as an active church until the 1940s -- we have no current information on the whereabouts of the font listed in Cox]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, Cornwall, London: George Allen & Company, 1912