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Bound Towers, the Author's course of investi- 

 gation of origin and uses, beyond the original 

 contemplation of the Academy, stated, 4 ; con- 

 clusions respecting them arrived at by the 

 Author, 4, 5 ; these conclusions shown to 

 have been already advocated separately by 

 many distinguished antiquaries, 5; nature 

 of evidences of Author's conclusions, stated, 

 5,6. 



summary of theories refuted, 6. 



theory of the Danish origin of, ex- 

 amined and refuted, 7-13. 



opinion of the Author of Cambren- 



sis Eversus, respecting the origin of, 1. 

 assertion of Peter Walsh, author of 



the " Prospect of Ireland," as to the origin 

 and uses of, 7, 8. 



- Cambrensis's description of the eccle- 



siastical towers of Ireland, as given by Dr. 

 Molyneux, 8. 

 Dr. Molyneux's opinions concerning 



the origin and uses of, stated in his own 

 words, 8, 9- 

 refutation of Dr. Molyneux's theory, 



9-11. 

 no traces of such discovered in the 



north of Europe, or in England, Normandy, 



Sicily, or other countries in which the 



Northmen had settlements, 11. 

 Dr. Ledwich's opinion concerning 



the origin of, stated in his own words, 1 1 . 



refuted, 12, 13. 



. theory of the Phoenician, or Eastern 



origin of, stated, 13 ; originated with General 

 Vallancey, 13. 

 theories of the pagan uses of the 



Round Towers examined and refuted, viz., 



1. That they were fire-temples, 14, 15, 

 23-53, 67-74. 



2. That they were used as places from 

 which to proclaim the Druidical festivals, 

 18, 19. 



3. That they were Gnomons, or astrono- 

 mical observatories, 17, 34, 49, 50, 53-65, 

 66, 69, 70, 72. 



4. That they were Phallic emblems, or 

 Buddhist temples, adverted to, 108. 



Round Towers, General Vallancey's opinions 

 as to the origin and uses of, examined and 

 refuted, 13-32. 



. stated by Vallancey to have been 



fire- temples, 14, 15; to have been first erected 

 in Ireland by the African sea-champions, 15, 

 16; to have been sorcerers' towers, 17; to 

 have been used in dancing festivals, 17. 



acknowledged by Vallancey to have 



been used as belfries " in after ages," 18, 19. 



their supposed similarity to the Per- 



sian and Hindoo fire-temples, 30. 

 notice of, by Vallancey, in India, 



Bulgari, &c., 30, 31. 



Author's opinion of the same, 31, 32. 



conformity between many in the 



East, and those of Ireland acknowledged, 32. 

 Mr. Beauford's opinion as to the 



Persian origin of, and their use as fire-tem- 

 ples, 32, 33 ; refuted, 33. 

 fallacious statement of Beauford, as 



to the subsequent conversion of, into bel- 

 fries, 33. 

 Dr. Lanigan's arguments in support 



of the hypothesis of the Eastern origin of, 

 stated and refuted, 34, 35, 36, 37- 



. architecture or masonry of, and that 



of the ancient churches erected before the 

 twelfth century, the same, 36. 



found, without a single exception, 



near old churches, or where churches are 

 known to have existed, 36. 

 in most instances erected in the most 



desolate and unfrequented places that could 

 be found, 36. 



. Miss Beaufort's arguments in sup- 



port of the hypothesis of their having been 



