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 281
he sculpturedstones, which formed its compound arch, are still to be seen scatteredabout the cemetery. It is to be lamented, however, that many othersof them have been carried away within the last few years; and assuch barbarous devastation of these ruins is too likely to be con-tinued,—since there… … This archway is a compound one, consisting of three recedingpiers with semi-columns, the arrangement of wliich will be sufficientlyimderstood from the prefixed illustration, recently drawn, and theground-plan, which is given at the close of this description. Itsbreadth, at its innermost arch, is…
Church architecture · Round towers
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