Llanychaearn / Llanychaiarn / Llanllwchaiarn

Meyrick (1808) reports the church here as an ancient buildng; "The font, though made for total immersion, is much more modern than the church." Evans (1914) reports the church as "rebuilt and enlarged in 1878 [...] On the octagonal Font are incised many initials, the earliest date apparently being '1616'; '1630' is clear, as also is '1662'". The entry for this church in COFLEIN [https://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/96043/details/st-hychans-church-llanychaearn] [accessed 19 January 2020] notes: "St Llwchaiarn's Church, a re-built medieval church [...] The church is located some 350m south of Castell Tan-y-Bwlch (the original castle at Aberystwyth), which was constructed in 1110. This and the original church may have been contemporary. St Hychan's Church was not a parish church during the medieval period, but was a chapelry [...] The church had become a parish church by 1833. [...] The church's small, octagonal font bowl and stem are thought to be thirteenth-fourteenth century in date, and with graffito of 1630. [...] The rebuild of 1878, although on the foundations of its predecessor, retained nothing from the earlier fabric."