| Glendalough - Bullaun Stone |
A strange little chapel nestled in the dip below the cathedral. Now gated shut it is used as a store house for bits of broken building. In there at the time of my visit was a cross and Viking altar top both from Reefert Church (County Wicklow).
This was a two story building and the upper floor would have been home to one of the monks and his wife. Yes, the Irish did things a little differently before Rome got involved.
Outside to the north is a small bullaun stone set into the ground, nearly overgrown. The one to the south seems to be covered or missing.
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I'm not going to mention everything we went to again at Glendalough, but I will add a little note here, because we arrived just as a tour was leaving the building and we able to slip in quickly.
My main wish was to see the graveslabs and altar top properly, which I did. The altar top, originally from Refert church, is quite spectacular, with incised diamonds meeting at concentric circles.
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| Uwe from Leinfelden-Echterdingen (Germany) | |
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_This little chapel is situated in a dip between the cathedral and the river and visible from the cathedral.
Sometimes called St. Kevin's Kitchen perhaps due to its diminutive size and/or the chimney like bell tower.
A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
 Rossinver (Co. Leitrim) |  Portmarnock (Co. Dublin) |  The Confessional (Co. Clare) |
 Claggan (Co. Donegal) |  Rahan (Co. Offaly) |  Ashtown (Co. Wicklow) |
