Cistercian Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, interior - south aisle, monks' doorway

Cistercian Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, interior - south aisle, monks' doorway

Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of monk's doorway in south ailse. Receding orders show alternating roll - and - fillet and dogtooth arch mouldings enclosed by hood mould with foliate carved label stop. The inner order is chamfered and multi - cusped; the west capital shows fine stiff - leaf foliage and the east one chevron ornament as well as dogtooth.The plain shafts of the jambs rest on water - holding bases.

Architecture, Medieval - Ireland, Architecture, Gothic - Ireland, Ecclesiastical architecture, Cistercian architecture, Kilkenny (Ireland) - Buildings, structures, etc, Gothic doorways, Capitals (Architecture), Gothic, Mouldings, doorway, dogtooth ornament, cusps, chevron, foliate capital, stiff - leaf foliage, roll - and - fillet moulding, water - holding base, jamb, order, chamfer moulding

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