A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1845)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford : J. H. Parker · leaf 394
w, the entrance ne-cessarily being at someconsiderable distancefrom the ground; thewalls of the hollow partappear to average aboutthree feet in thickness, and in the few examples which areentire, the termination consists of a conical stone roofu. Theage of these buildings is undetermined, and is… … Devenish I>l.m<l, Lough Erne. u The round towers in Ireland generallyconsist of that kind of careful masonrycalled spauled ruhble, in which smallstones shaped by the hammer are placedin every interstice of the larger stones, sothat very little mortar is intermixed. The masonry of the tower in…
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