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 456
he chancel arch is equallyof subsequent formation; for its semicircular head is not formed onthe principle of the arch, but by the cutting away of the horizontallylaid stones of the original wall, in which operation a portion of theoriginal semicircular-headed window placed in this Avail was… … evident, that it was noticed by the artists sent by Colonel BurtonConyngham in 1779 to make drawings of the antiquities at Glenda-lougli, in whose notes, as published by Archdall, we find this remark : The walls of the double building are separated from those of the larger, and,though undoubtedly…
Church architecture · Round towers
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