Glendalough - Monastic Settlement

The monastic site at Glendalough is open at all times; the opening times given apply to the Visitor Centre. Cars may be parked at the Visitor Centre and between the Upper and Lower Lakes. Visitors are recommended first to see the informative video film at the center and then to begin their tour at the Upper Lake, for this was the center of the complex. A pretty path, the Green Road, leads from the Upper Lake to the remains of the monastic settlement near the Visitor Center.

The exhibits in the Visitor Centre include a model of the site as well as various gravestones, capitals and other masonry. Of special interest is a 12th C. high cross (Market Cross) with a Crucifixion, a figure of an abbot and interlace ornaments.; this may have once stood on the pilgrim road to Glendalough.