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 197
endalougli were so dedicated at the ])eriod whenthey were written. In selecting my next characteristic example of the primitive Irislidoorways, I can hardly, tlierefore, take one more likely to interestthe reader than that of St. Kevins earlier church, near the \\\)]>vvlake, and now called the… … This doorway, which is formed of chiselled blocks of granite, is sixfeet in height, two feet six inches in width at the top, and two fi-et 174 INUIIKV INTO TIIK ORIGIN AND USES innv luclu^ sit the bottom; and most of the stones of ^\•hiL•h it isformed extend through the entire tliickness of the…
Church architecture · Round towers
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