The ecclesiastical architecture of Ireland, anterior to the Anglo-Norman invasion; comprising an essay on the origin and uses of the round towers of Ireland, which obtained the gold medal and prize of the Royal Irish Academy (1845)
Petrie, George, 1789-1866 · Dublin : Hodges and Smith · leaf 187
erve the purpose of asacristy. That the reader may have more clearly brought bilbre him thecharacteristic details of these primitive churches, I shall here annexexamples of their several featm-es, beginning with their duorways. ()fthese the most usual, and, as it would appear, the most ancient form… … This form Ave also find perpetuated in the churches said to have beenfounded by St. Patrick and his immediate successors, as will be seenin the annexed engraving, which represents the remains ol llie west Y 2 1(J4 INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN AND USES end of tlie small church called Teinpleputrick,…
Church architecture · Round towers
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