Llanychllwydog

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17156LLA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. David [now a private dwelling]
Church Patron Saints: St. David [aka David of Wales, Davidus, Dewy]
Country Name: Wales
Location: Pembrokeshire
Directions to Site: Located off the B4313, ESE of Fishguard [Coordinates of the church: 51:58.3473N 4:53.6528W]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: , Medieval
Noted in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925): "The church is a modern building of no archaeological interest. The font of the earlier church, 'a small octagonal bowl on a very low shaft,' has given place to a modern example." [NB: The Megalithic Portal [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=6979] [accessed 6 December 2010] has an information entry dated 24 March 2003 that reads: "Llanychllwydog Church submitted by Sunny100 In the churchyard are four inscribed stones [the church is now a private house]. The one featured here has a double outlined Latin cross with a double circle in the middle. It dates from the 7th century and may have been the graveslab of St Clydawg."]. A photograph by 'ceridwen' in the Geograph web site [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/277566] [accessed 6 December 2010] is footnoted: "Llanychllwydog Church (no more) This church has been converted into a private house but it retains its yew tree and graveyard beyond, its font (visible below the belfry next to the wooden seat) and in the foreground, probably relocated there, the 5 pillar stones which attest to the antiquity of the site."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

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 Pembroke, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1925