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 193
enturies, and ])erhaps even later; but thedoorways were not always plain in those ages, for in many instances OF TIIIC lidlM) TOWERS OF IRELANR 10!) they preticnt a flat iMcjcrtiii- aivliiiravL,—us in ih, doorways of theoldest Greek and Ktniscaii buildiii.o-s, as Avrll as in tliose (.f tin-earliest… … This doorway, which, like the Avhole of the chnrch, is bnill in a stvleof masonry perfectly Cyclopean, except in the use of lime cement, is five feet six inches in height from the present level of the ground, which seems considerably raised, and would be evidently not lessthan six feet in height…
Church architecture · Round towers
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