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 330
are sculptured on the front of the tomb, and which •J. R ;!()(; INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN AND USES are obviously of the twelfth century, and similar in style to thoseon the base of the stone cross now remaining in the cemetery adjacentto the Chapel, and vnth which it is obviously cotemporaneous.… … fact to be stated, which may throw some doubt on tlie truth of thesetraditions, or at least so far as they relate to the tomb having beenthat of the founder of the cluuch, namely, that, on the opening of thetomb, there was discovered a crozier of exceedingly beautiful work-manship, and which, from…
Church architecture · Round towers
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