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 391
d even the Saxon, or Norman,castle of Conisborough, in York-shke, preserves, in some degi-ee, thesame peculiarities. As an instance of this remarkableagreement of the British castles withthe Irish Round Towers, I annex anoutline of the castle of Brunless, inits present state, taken from… … .;.Ti=£SSfe^?i4^fc-.=- 368 INQUIRY INTO THE OEIGIN AND USES will be found to be almost identical, in most of its features, withseveral of our Irish Towers, as shown in the annexed outlines of theexisting Hoimd Tower of Clondalkin, and of the Tower ofRosscar-bery, copied from an ancient seal of the…
Church architecture · Round towers
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