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 430
ckness of thewall is four feet. In many of the most ancient semicircular-headed doorways wefind the head constructed on the regular principle of the arch, as inthe illustration of the doorway of the Tower of Oughterard, in theCounty of Kildare, given on the last page, in which the arch isformed of… … The Tower of Oughterard was connected wdth a church of nuns,founded in the sixth or seventh centiuy by a Saint Bridget, a diffe-rent person fiom the more celebrated saint of that name, of Kildare:and the Tower on Toiy Island was connected with a monasteryfoimded there in the sixth century by St.…
Church architecture · Round towers
Internet Archive · California Digital Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
