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directly over the doorway of the Round Tower of Roscrea : and, I should fur- 

 ther remark, that these large apertures, or second doorways, are almost always 

 of this angular-headed form. In one instance alone are the apertures recessed, 



namely, those of the small Tower attached to 

 the church called Teampull Finghin, at Clonmac- 

 noise, a building obviously of much later date 

 than the generality of the Round Towers, and 

 which presents an equally singular peculiarity in 

 the construction of its roof, as compared with 

 those of the other Towers, namely, its masonry 

 being of that description called herring-bone, or, 

 rather, herring-bone ashlar, and the only instance 



of such construction which these buildings now exhibit. Having treated of 

 this church so much in detail, and given its ground plan at p. 264, I am 

 induced here to annex an illustration exhibiting its present state. 







This Tower, as well as the church with which it is connected, is wholly 

 built of ashlar masonry, of a fine sandstone, laid in horizontal courses, and is of 



