Dolwyddelan

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BBU01: design element - motifs - moulding - flat moulding
view of church exterior
view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: the font in the context of the west gallery
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © jmc4, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 March 2009 by jmc4-Church Explorer [www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/3569065421/in/photostream/]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 17372DOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Gwyddelan
Church Patron Saints: St. Gwyddelan
Country Name: Wales
Location: Aberconwy & Colwyn
Directions to Site: Located on the A470, between Blaenau Ffestiniog and Betws-y-Coed
Historical Region: Denbighshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, beneath the W gallery
Century and Period: Medieval
Font Notes:
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The font in this church resembles several of the coverted Roman altars that were later hollowed out and used as fonts and stoups; the body is quadrangular all over, and plain except for a flat moulding on the upper part of the basin.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 440426 5878729
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square