Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - north transept, tomb recess

Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - north transept, tomb recess

Collon, County Louth, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of interior of north transept showing part of a tomb recess. Outer order, comprised of a roll - and - fillet moulding, rests on chamfered base with pyramid stops. The inner order of the recess has a round water - holding base (en délit shaft missing) flanked at outer face vertical band of dogtooth ornament, both elements rest on a chamfered plinth.

Architecture, Medieval - Ireland, Ecclesiastical architecture, Architecture - Ireland - Louth, Cistercian architecture, Funerary monuments, Mouldings, Monasteries - Ireland, Bases (Architecture), Architecture, Gothic, transept, tomb recess, detached shaft, roll - and - fillet moulding, dogtooth ornament, chamfered plinth, chamfered base, water - holding base

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