Margam Abbey No. 2 / Mair Gwm

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view of font

Scene Description: is this the original font of the abbey? [cf. FontNotes]

view of font

Scene Description: is this the original font of the abbey? [cf. FontNotes]

view of basin - interior

Scene Description: is this the original font of the abbey? [cf. FontNotes]

INFORMATION

Font ID: 18698MAR

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Medieval

Museum: [cf. FontNotes]

Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Virgin Mary [formerly Abbey Church]

Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin

Site Location: Neath and Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom

Directions to Site: Located on the A48, just SE of, and now a suburb of Port Talbot, 15 km SSE of Neath

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Llandaff

Historical Region: formerly in Glamorganshire -- Hundred of Newcastle / Cwmwd of Tir y Hwndrwd, Cantref of Cron Nedd

Additional Comments: disused font (now in the abbey's stone museum)

Font Notes: Click to view

One of three stone basins now kept in the abbey's stone museum. This one consists of a large fragment that includes the underbowl and part of the basin side; the basin is a round tub tapering in towards the bottom; appears totally plain; there appears to be no drain in it. If the type of stone matched, this could be a possible cantidate for identification as the abbeys' old font. [origin unknown]

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Dr. Madeleine Gray, of the School of Education/Ysgol Addysg, University of Wales, Newport/Prifysgol Cymru, Casnewydd, for her photographs of the three disused fonts here

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 449430 5712667

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.562816, -3.729544

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 33′ 46.14″ N, 3° 43′ 46.36″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: tub-shaped

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage System: no drainage system