Margam Abbey No. 3 / Mair Gwm

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view of basin - interior

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view of basin

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 18699MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 15th 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:
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.
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: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: centre hole in basin