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Small scale excavations were carried out in the Cistercian Abbey at Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland, during 1984 by the Office of Pubic Works (OPW) to expose the plan for the north cloister arcade close to the aisle. The aisle wall was found to be approximately one meter high with a doorway leading into the cloister arcade. None of the store work, which the arcade was constructed from, was found. The east wall of the west range was also exposed, bound by a stone built drain which ran under the nave and was a key part of the original 13th century design (see final image). Some of picture of the church, undated, show the general decay the that church has fallen into before the reconstitution work happened.

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