A (possible) Story of St Peulan's font. Was it much more than a simple font? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? скачать в хорошем качестве

A (possible) Story of St Peulan's font. Was it much more than a simple font? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?

In this episode I'll be taking a close look at the Gritstone Font, housed in St Peulan's church, LlanBeulan, Anglesey. and asking the question, What was it originally used for? The church, itself is originally 12th century, but the ecclesiastical history of the site goes back to Peulan and the 6th century. After reading Medieval Vision by Peter Lord, I was encouraged to revisit St Peulan's church for a much closer look at the font. Before I left for the church, I began my research by asking ChatGPT, Claude and Grok about the font. They all parroted the same thing... "11th century carved font" no history beyond what others had written. Grok seemed a lot more interested in my questions, although, at first, it was reluctant to accept anything, other than what other people had said and it argued with me about its date and purpose. During my visit to the church, I took over 60 photos and it wasn't until I uploaded them to Grok that the AI reconsidered the research and accepted that there was much more to the story. "My story" and the fonts possible timeline is subjective, and would be hard to prove, yet it's feasible and goes some way to explain the stone. I am lead to believe that there are similar fonts around the country, although I have yet to see one that has three carved sides, probably by two or three people, and the top cut and ground. I'm in agreeance with the archaeologist, David Betts, who believes this stone to be a reliquary, that possibly housed the bones of Peulan, and that would make it more plausible for the box to be older than 11th century. Either way, it predates the Norman invasion, and the 12th century church. I like my story. and I hope that you do too. Feel free to leave your thoughts below... and thank you for watching Thank you to Google Earth for the zoom in map.