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 212
annexed example from the older of the two churches of Mouaster-boice, in the county of Louth, which, there is every reason to believe,is the original church of the place. As an example of the general appearance of these primitive struc-tures, when of inferior size, I annex an engraving of the very… … OF THE ROUND TOWERS OF lUKLANl). 18»J siu-es OH the inside but sLxteen feet six inches in length, and twelvefeet six inclies in breadth ; and its walls, which aiv three feet in thick-ness, are built in a style quite Cj^clopean, the stones being through-out of great size, and one of them not less…
Church architecture · Round towers
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