Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . doorway and thelarge fireplace are insertions, and the wide windows in the southwall, now destitute of mullions, seem to be contemporary withthem. Two of the three windows looking on the cloister havebeen reduced in size, and the peculiar omission of the vaulting overpart of the cloister walk below is not easy to account for. In the wall at the east end, portions of an external corbel courseand parapet, and several corbels which supported the ridge beam ofthe original cloister roof, are still to be seen, further evidence as tothe extent,
Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . doorway and thelarge fireplace are insertions, and the wide windows in the southwall, now destitute of mullions, seem to be contemporary withthem. Two of the three windows looking on the cloister havebeen reduced in size, and the peculiar omission of the vaulting overpart of the cloister walk below is not easy to account for. In the wall at the east end, portions of an external corbel courseand parapet, and several corbels which supported the ridge beam ofthe original cloister roof, are still to be seen, further evidence as tothe extent, in this direction, of the original cloister space. A doorway leads into the upper portion of the east range, oncethe dormitory of the brethren. It has undergone much alteration,but portions of the walling are original, some of the old windowjambs being visible (see letters y y. Plan, Fig. 2). The laterwindows are mullioned, and have been much repaired to preventcollapse. The original dormitory extended further to the south, Plate IX J [To face page 55. CARVED FIGURE IN CLOISTER,BECTIVE ABBEY BECTIVE ABBEY, CO. MEATH 55 possibly as much as 25 feet, but this portion has disappeared withthe south range. The lay occupiers extended it northward into thetransept space, the wall mentioned in the account of the southtransept being its limit in this direction. There are two large fire-places in the room, and a curious recess, or bay, on the west side,which was possibly occupied by a timber stairs leading to the atticfloor. This floor, almost entirely in the roof, appears to be an addi-tion ; there are two rows of corbels, the lower probably original andbelonging to the dormitory roof and later carrying a floor, and the
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