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 202
e of the doorway of the ancient stone-roofed cluuchon the island of Irelands Eye, anciently called In is ukic Nessain,or, the Island of the Sons of Nessan, off ITowth, in the county of Dub-lin. This doorway,—which Avas unfortunately destroyed some yeai-ssince, that the stones might be used in the… … ill width below the impost, tiiid three feet at the base ; and the wall was two feet eight inches iu thickness. As a description of this cu- ...„ rious chnrch, with its Round Tower _^ ■ , - belfry, will be given in the third part of this work, together with an inquiryinto its true history, which…
Church architecture · Round towers
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