Speaking as we were of dating a stone, can anyone tell me
how I can tell if a plain ‘architectural’ (i.e. largely undecorated)
font in a parish church is ‘Norman’ or ‘Saxon’? The
site in question can be traced back to the C14, but it is reputed to be ‘on
a C12 site’. There is no mention of a church here in Domesday (but
then it is very poor for
A Google search results in pictures of both decorated and
plain fonts, and some of each are Norman and some are Saxon, with nary a clue
as to why in most cases …
Peter D Iles
Specialist Advisor (Archaeology)
Guild House
PR1 8RD
t. 01772 531550
f. 01772 533423
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