Llangynllo / Llangunllo
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: second 19thC re-building of a medieval church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Lord, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 August 2014 by John Lord [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4126502] [accessed 14 January 2020]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 22549LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Cynllo
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Cynllo
Church Notes: may have been originally a monastic cell; evidence of 13thC components; re-built twice in 19thC
Church Address: Llangynllo, Llandysul SA44 5LT, UK -- Tel.: +44 1559 363874
Site Location: Ceredigion, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the B4334, 6 km ENE of Newcastle Emlyn
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Davids
Historical Region: Hundred of Troedyraur -- formerly Cardiganshire
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval [13thC?] church here)
Font Notes:
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No entry for Llangynllo found in Meyrick. Evans (1914) reports a new font of Caen stone on a base of red granite in this church. The entry for this church in COFLEIN [https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/400353/details/st-cynllos-church-llangynllo] [accesse 14 January 2020] notes: "The church was a parish church in the medieval period [...] The church was rebuilt in 1810. It was entirely rebuilt in 1870"; no font mentioned.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 403629 5769677
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.06928, -4.406
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 4′ 9.41″ N, 4° 24′ 21.6″ W