Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, capital

Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, capital

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

Photograph by Roger Stalley. Foliate capital of the lavabo with acanthus carvings carried on twin round shafts. The roll - and - fillet abacus continues as a stringcourse above which springs a vault - rib.

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