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Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, Collon, County Louth - interior, west end - crypt
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.…
Tags: Architecture, Architecture - Ireland - Louth, barrel vault, chamber, Cistercian architecture, Collon, County Louth, cruciform, crypt, Crypts, doorway, Ecclesiastical architecture, Europe, grille, Leinster, Medieval - Ireland, Monasteries—Ireland, Republic of Ireland, safe, steps, wicker centering, Window
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, exterior - west end, crypt
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…
Tags: Architecture, Architecture - Ireland - Louth, barrel vault, chamber, Cistercian architecture, Collon, County Louth, cruciform, crypt, doorway, Ecclesiastical architecture, Europe, grille, Leinster, Medieval - Ireland, Monasteries—Ireland, Republic of Ireland, safe, steps, wicker centering, Window