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 211
ertical; and that, except in thedoorways and lower courses, the stones rarely extend as bondsthrough the thickness of the wall, but are placed perpendicularly ontheir edges both in the inner and outer faces of the walls,—the spacebetween them being filled with rubble, or small stones, and… … foundation upwards, are often of considerably greater size than thoseabove them, as in the preceding example, exhibiting a portion of themasonry of the inner face of the west end of the cathedral church ofGlendalough, twelve feet six inches in breadth : and I should alsoobserve, that the stones…
Church architecture · Round towers
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