• Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, Collon, County Louth - interior, west end - crypt

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    2011-05-09

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    Photograph by Roger Stalley. West-end crypt viewed from the south. The rectangular main chamber is accessed via stone steps and is lit by four small windows in the west wall, each had a cruciform grille. A doorway leads from this main chamber to a roughly square-planned room under the west bay of the north aisle. It receives no direct lighting. The west wall 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/2262/55407

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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