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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 438

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incline : but, in then- internalconstruction, they present several varieties, which I shall presentlynotice. As an example of a ho:-izontal-headed aperture, I have givenabove an illustration of one of those in the Round ToAver of Cashel, 414 INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN AND USES which will be further… … Of these three forms of aperture, we often find examples in thesame Tower, as in the three annexed examples, from the Tower ofKells:

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