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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 317

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ch waslighted by four small qua-drangular apertures, as if thisapartment had been intendedas a look-out station. Thereis also a small aperture be-tween each of the belts, ex-cept the sixth and seventh,to light the staircase. Thenorthern tower has neither staircase nor upper apertures; but it… … 294 INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN AND USES be found to distinguish tliem from those in churches of earlier date.Externally the walls are decorated with blank arcades of semicirculararches, arranged in two stories,—resembling very much the churchessculptured on the marble fonts in Winchester cathedral,…

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