Editing Glendalough (section)

== Monuments near the Upper Lough ==

===Reefert Church===
[[File:Reefert Church, Glendalough, Co. Wicklow.jpg|thumb|Reefert Church|alt=]]

Situated in a grove of trees, this nave-and-chancel church dates from around 1100. Most of the surrounding walls are modern. The name derives from ''Righ Fearta'', the burial place of the kings.<ref>{{cite book |last=Meehan |first=Cary |date=2004 |title=Sacred Ireland |url= |location=Somerset |publisher=Gothic Image Publications |page=315|isbn=0-906362-43-1 |access-date=}}</ref> The church, built in a simple style, has a granite doorway with sloping jambs and flat lintel and a granite chancel arch. The projecting corbels at each gable carried verge timbers for the roof. East of the church there are two crosses of note, one with an elaborate [[interlace (visual arts)|interlace]] pattern. On the other side of the Poulanass River, close to Reefert are the remains of another small church.<ref name="sacred" />

===St. Kevin's Cell===
Built on a rocky spur over the lake, this stone structure was 3.6 metres in diameter with walls 0.9 metres thick and a doorway on the east side. Only the foundations survive today and it is possible that the cell had a stone-corbelled roof, similar to the [[Beehive house|beehive huts]] on [[Skellig Michael]], [[County Kerry]].<ref name="sacred" />

=== St. Kevin's Bed ===
[[File:Wicklow_Mountains_National_Park_Glendalough_Valley_St_Kevins_Bed_02.JPG|thumb|St. Kevin's Bed]]
St. Kevin's Bed is a cave in the rock face about 8 metres above the level of the Upper Lake on its southerly side (with The Spinc cliffs above it). It was reputedly a retreat for St. Kevin and later for St. Laurence O'Toole. Partly man-made, it runs back 2 metres into the rock.<ref name="sacred" /> A writer for the ''[[Dublin Penny Journal]]'' described the cave as "not bigger than a small baker's oven... I, and two young men who followed me, found it a very tight fit when crouched together in it".{{sfn|Marsh|2007|page=41}}

=== The "Caher" ===

This stone-walled circular enclosure on the level ground between the two lakes is 20 metres in diameter and is of unknown date. Close by, are several crosses, apparently used as stations on the pilgrim's route.<ref name="sacred" />

===Temple-na-Skellig===

This small rectangular church on the southern shore of the [[Glendalough Upper Lake|Upper Lake]] is accessible only by boat, via a series of steps from the landing stage. West of the church is a raised platform with stone enclosure walls, where dwelling huts probably stood. The church, partly rebuilt in the 12th century, has a granite doorway with inclined jambs. At the east gable is an inscribed Latin Cross together with several plain grave slabs and three small crosses.<ref name="sacred" />

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