Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, Collon, County Louth - interior, west end - crypt - Stalley, Roger (My University, 2011)
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, Collon, County Louth
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.
Keywords: crypt; steps; chamber; doorway; barrel vault; wicker centering; window; cruciform; grille; safe; Architecture, Medieval--Ireland; Ecclesiastical architecture; Architecture--Ireland--Louth; Cistercian architecture; Monasteries?Ireland; Crypts; Medieval; Early English Gothic