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 Reconstructed old Mellifont Abbey Cloister Arcade with dial encircled  Enhanced closeup photo of dial |
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This scratch dial is located on
one of the capitals on the reconstructed cloister arcade at Old Mellifont
Abbey, Co. Louth. Founded in 1142A.D., but now a ruin, it was the first
Cistercian monastery in Ireland. The Abbey ruins are located 10km north-west of Drogheda off the R168 (Drogheda-Collon Road). Lat 53° 45' North Long 6° 28' West Irish Grid O 301175 278048 |