Identifier: journalofroyalso00roya (find matches)
Title: Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Transactions Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Proceedings and transactions Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Proceedings and papers
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Publisher: Dublin, Ireland : The Society
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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ds.Originally it contained a sacristy, chapter room, and parlour, etc.,as was usual in Cistercian houses, and upon the upper floor a dor-mitory. The sacristy gave place to a great oven, and the chapterroom became the kitchen of the lay occupiers, a large fireplace witha massive chimney over being added to it. This room, about 22 feetsquare, is, with the exception of the windows, fireplace, and door-way, original, and has a groin-vaulted ceiling springing from anoctagonal centre pillar. This range of buildings extended furthersouth than at present, and there were also some buildings to the eastof this, now demolished, portion. As already stated the original south range of cloistral buildingslay to the south of the present range, the lower portion of the existingsouth wall being part of the north wall of the original buildings.This is proved by the sandstone jambs of old doorways still in situ,in the inner, or north, face of this wall (see Plan, Fig. 1). The Plate VIII) (To face page 53
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Fic. 2.—BECTIVE ABBEY : SOUTH WALL OF NAVE BECTIVE ABBEY, CO. MEATH 53 existing south buildings contain narrow, barrel-vaulted, rooms andthe south walk of the cloister, the arcades of which (Plate VI, fig. 2)are the most beautiful feature of the Abbey. This walk had a coun-terpart on the other sides of the garth, but the north and east walks,which had lean-to roofs, have disappeared, and the main westernarcade has been robbed of its beautiful triple minor arcading.1 Thislatter is complete in two bays on the south side, and is in wroughtand carved limestone, like Ardbraccan stone. At first sight the form

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