Hirnant
INFORMATION
FontID: 17060HIR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St Illog
Church Patron Saints: St. Illog
Country Name: Wales
Location: Powys
Directions to Site: Located 24 km NW of Welshpool
Historical Region: formerly Montgomeryshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: , Medieval
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The RCAHMW (Montgomery, 1911) Notes: "An entirely new church, erected in 1892 on the site of the old one. The ancient font serves as a flower vase in the rectory garden." The CPAT Montgomeryshire Churches Survey Project [www.cpat.demon.co.uk] reports a medieval font inside this church at the time of its visits in 1996 an2000 "The medieval font appears to have been thrown out at some point and was being used as a flower container in the adjoining rectory garden, from which it was later rescued"; the CPAT (ibid.) further notes: "The church was closed and declared redundant in October 1994".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
REFERENCES
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments and Constructions in Wales and Monmouthshire, An inventory of the ancient and historical monuments of the County of Montgomery, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1911