Norman Font - Caerwent Parish Church - Wales.
N 51° 36.650 W 002° 46.121
30U E 516017 N 5717780
St. Stephen’s and St. Tathan’s, Caerwent Parish Church. Built by the Normans in Medieval times, on top of the site of a of an even older Church. The current Church is home to a Norman Font and Roman stone artefacts. Located in Caerwent, South Wales
Waymark Code: WMK1M6
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/30/2014
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As you step through the porch door of St. Stephen’s and St. Tathan’s, Caerwent Parish Church, you will notice two stones, with latin inscriptions. The larger stone refered to as the Paulinus stone, and a smaller stone set in an alcove, is an Altar stone dedicated to Mars Ocelus.
The Normans and the baptismal Font featured in this listing came along about a thousand years after the Roman Stones in the church porch. The Font dates from the 13th Century, which makes the stone Font opprox 800 years old.
"Caerwent Church Home of St. Tathyw.
The parish church of St. Stephen at Caerwent was originally dedicated to St. Tathyw, its founder, who was later confused with St. Tathan and then St. Stephen. Both have feast days on 26th December.
When St. Tathyw arrived in the Kingdom of Gwent in the later 5th century, King Caradog had his palace at the old Roman town of Caerwent, but he gave the whole place up to Tathyw for the foundation of a monastery. Tathyw built this in the ruins south of the old Roman basilica which may have formed Caradog's palace. He could have adapted an old Pagan temple. Although all trace of Tathyw's first church is now hidden beneath the present building, there was certainly a large Christian cemetery surrounding it from, at least, the 5th century. This was discovered through excavation in 1910." text source: (
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"St. Stephen’s and St. Tathan’s is your local parish Church in Caerwent. We worship Christ in the Anglican tradition, welcoming members and parishioners of all ages, visitors to our historic village in south-east Monmouthshire — and those who are simply curious about the Christian faith. We are a parish in the Diocese of Monmouth (Church in Wales) and one of four in the Caerwent Parish Group. The Church is usually open from 10.00(ish) to dusk. " Text Source: (
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