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 454
hat of a habitation, maybe considered as examples of such structures. That these buildings,which are so similar, in most respects, to each other, are of a veryearly antiquity, can scarcely admit of doubt,—indeed I see no reasonto question their being of the times of the celebrated… … been abbots houses, may not, in the absence of historical evidence,be satisfactorily pioved. I shall first notice St. Columbs House atKells, of which I prefix an illustration. OF THE ROUND TOWEKS OF IRELAND 431 This remarkable building is situated immediately outside theboundary wall of the…
Church architecture · Round towers
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