• Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, exterior - west end, crypt

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    2011-05-09

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    Photograph by Roger Stalley. Exterior view of crypt from the west showing stone access steps to the nave. West elevation shows four small windows, previously each had a cruciform grille. The crypt is composed of a main chamber accessed from the nave by stone steps. It gives onto a roughly square-planned room under the west bay of the north aisle with no direct lighting. The west wall of this chamber has a large 'L'-shaped cupboard with a barrel vault and indications of wicker centering. It may have been used as a safe or strong-room. A smaller sealed chamber exists to the east of the main one but is not accessible.

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    http://hdl.handle.net/2262/55408

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    History of Art & Architecture - The Stalley Collection (Digital Image Collection)

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    crypt, steps, chamber, doorway, barrel vault, wicker centering, window, cruciform, grille, safe

    Author: Stalley, Roger

    Type of material: Image