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 436
s Tower in several parts of this work, I alsoadd a view of the Tower itself, wliich is finely situated on the browof a bank on the south-east side of the Shannon, and amid sceneryof a solemn and desolate character, which add greatly to its poeticalinterest. 3 G 2 412 INQriRY INTO THE ORIGIN AND… … like tlie upper part of the Round Tower of Tullaherin, in the Countyof Kilkenny, and some others,—is evidently the work of a later pe-riod than the lower part. It rests, as usual, on a projecting cucidarl)liiith, and measuies fifty-six feet in circvmiference at its base. Itspresent height is but…
Church architecture · Round towers
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