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 258
from the agreementof many of its ornaments with those seen in the better preserved, if 2 H 234 INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN AND USES not moiv bcautifvil, doorway of the Round Tower of Timalioe, m theQueens County,—a doorway which seems to be of cotemporaneouserection, and which, like that of Kildare,… … As this doorway, which is the finest of its kind remaining in Ire-land, is of the highest interest, not only on account of the richness,and, as I conceive, antiquity of its decorations, but also from its highstate of preservation, it will be desirable that I should endeavour toillustrate its…
Church architecture · Round towers
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