Penllech
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view of font
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view of basin
Scene Description: motice the two grooves at opposite ends of the upper rim
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view of church exterior - northeast view
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view of font in context
Scene Description: the southwest corner of the nave
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alan Fryer, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 September 2007 by Alan Fryer [http://local.upmystreet.com/picture-of-bedyddfaen-font-eglwys-santes-fair-penllech-id-259330.html#photo_metadata]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 17120PEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary / Eglwys Santes Fair [redundant]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Penllech
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: The church is the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches since 2009
Site Location: Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the B4417, SW of Tudweiloig, 16 km W of Pwllheli ["beside the farmyard of Plas ym Mhenllech"] [Coordinates for the church: 52° 52′ 39″ N, 4° 38′ 47.76″ W 52.8775, -4.6466] [Diocese of Bangor]
Historical Region: formerly Caernarfonshire and/or Merionethshire
Additional Comments: disused font [the church is redundant]
Font Notes:
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Roughly-hemispherical plain basin fittet onto a crude quadragular pedestal, the latter whitewashed; medieval?
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining