Margam Abbey No. 3 / Mair Gwm

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view of basin

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

view of basin - interior

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 18699MAR
Museum and Inventory Number: [cf. FontNotes]
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Virgin Mary [formerly Abbey Church]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Wales
Location: Neath and Port Talbot
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
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 13th - 15th century, Medieval
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
One of three stone basins now kept in the abbey's stone museum. This one consists of an octagonal basin with plain vertical sides, and, like the other two in this room, appears totally plain; the inside well has vertical sides and is perfectly cylindrical, with a considerable drain hole at the centre; there may have been metal staples in its upper rim. Given its size and style, it could date anywhere between the 13th and the 15th century.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.562816, -3.729544
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 33′ 46.14″ N, 3° 43′ 46.36″ W
UTM: 30U 449430 5712667

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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