Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, shaft, base and plinth - Stalley, Roger (My University, 2011)
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Interior of the lavabo showing a double plinth, the upper section very deep, surmounted by a water-holding base cut to echo the shaft above. The shaft comprises a central spiked hollow flanked by beak mouldings.
Keywords: lavabo; architrave; plinth; shaft; water-holding base; moulding; beak moulding; spiked hollow; Architecture, Medieval--Ireland; Ecclesiastical architecture; Architecture--Ireland--Louth; Architecture, Romanesque; Cistercian architecture; Monasteries--Ireland; Bases (Architecture); Mouldings; Medieval; Romanesque