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 309
OWERS OF IRELAND. •285 which we know from historical evidences to liiive been erected inthe eleventh and twelfth centuries, are not only very different intheir style of decoration from those presumed to be of earlier date,but have a remarkable agreement in their details with those of theknown… … Such an example, then, is found in the entrance porch, or door-way, of the church of Freshford, or Achadh ur, in the county ofKilkenny, a church originally erected by St. Lachtin in the seventheentmy, but rebuilt towards the close of the eleventh, or commence-ment of the twelfth, as a perfectly…
Church architecture · Round towers
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