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 200
believe impossible to be done by thestrength of so many hands only as can innnediately apply their force unto it.—CiJ-lectanea de Rebus Hibernicis, vol. i. pp. 65, G^i. The next specimen of doorway in this style which I shall presentto the reader is one nearly cotemporaneous witli the last, namely,… … This doorway is six feet six inches in height, and in width two feetsix inches at the top, and three feet two inches at the bottom. Thehntel stone, Avhich extends the entire thickness of the Avail, is fivefeet eight inches long, one foot nine inches high, and three feet wide.This doorway was closed…
Church architecture · Round towers
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