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 275
WERS OF IRELAND. 251 ruined condition even when sketched by Colonel Conynghams artists,■was a simple oblong, one foot eight inches and a half in -width, andabout six feet in height, as we may conclude, for it was too mueliinjured to be measured accuiately. Though quite plain in its jambs,it was… … The stone is now broken, as marked in the drawing, but the twopieces are preserved in a neighbouring house. This is the onlyexample of a pedimented lintel, which I have met with in Ireland,nor do I know of any other of the middle age architecture either inEngland or France, except one in the latter…
Church architecture · Round towers
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