Editing Glendalough (section)

===St. Peter and St. Pauls' Cathedral===
[[File:Glendalough church.jpg|thumb|The Cathedral|alt=|left]]
St. Peter and St. Pauls' Cathedral<ref>"A New History of Ireland" [[T. W. Moody]], [[F. X. Martin]], [[Francis John Byrne|F.J. Byrne]] and [[Art Cosgrove|Cosgrove, A]]: [[Oxford]], [[Oxford University Press|OUP]], 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-821745-5}}</ref> is the largest and most imposing of the buildings at Glendalough, the [[cathedral]] had several phases of construction, the earliest, consisting of the present [[nave]] with its antae. The large [[schist|mica-schist]] stones which can be seen up to the height of the square-headed west doorway were re-used from an earlier smaller church. The [[chancel]] and [[sacristy]] date from the late 12th and early 13th centuries. The chancel arch and east window were finely decorated, though many of the stones are now missing. The north doorway to the nave also dates from this period. Under the southern window of the chancel, there is an [[Almery|ambry]] or wall cupboard and a [[piscina]], a basin used for washing the sacred vessels. A few metres south of the cathedral an early cross of local granite, with an unpierced ring, is commonly known as St. Kevin's Cross.<ref name="sacred" />
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