Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, capital and vault rib

Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, capital and vault rib

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

Photograph by Roger Stalley. Interior of lavabo showing twin round shafts separated by arris fillet bearing acanthus foliate carved bell capital which interrupts a roll - and - fillet stringcourse;the abacus is the springing point of the vault rib.

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