Coychurch / Coed du church / / Llangrallo
INFORMATION
FontID: 17144COY
Church/Chapel: Parish Church fo St. Crallo
Church Patron Saints: St. Crallo [aka Crallus]
Country Name: Wales
Location: Bridgend
Directions to Site: Located 4 km NE of, and now in the NE suburbs of Bridgend (dir. Pencoed) [Coordinates: 51° 30′ 21″ N, 3° 31′ 48″ W 51.505833, -3.53 -- UTM 30U 463216 5706211]
Historical Region: formerly Glamorgan
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Noted in an anonymous entry in the Archaeologia cambrensis (issue no. 32, October 1877: 297): "The font seems Decorated. It is composed of an octagonal bowl, upon a shaft to match".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal