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 306
f the original churcli (if 2 o 282 INCiLIKY INTO TIIE ORIGIN AND USES St. Caimin, which was erected in the seventh century, as it appearsto me obvious from the character of the masonry, and of some of thefeatm-es in the nave, tliat the kxtter, though unquestionably re-modelled, was never wholly… … /ICvli..!^* » Of the chancel itself only portions of the side walls remain, andthose Avails, which are of ashlar masonry, are of a totally differentcharacter from those of the nave, and are probably cotemporaneouswith the ornamented features of the latter,—or, at least, Avitli some ofthem, as…
Church architecture · Round towers
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