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INDEX. 



used as fire-temples, stated and refuted, 37- 



43. 

 Bound Towers, examination and refutation 



of the arguments advanced by Mr. D' Alton 



in support of the fire-temple hypothesis of, 



43-48. 

 fifty-seven Towers which fell at 



Constantinople in consequence of a dreadful 



earthquake, ia A. D. 448, supposed by Mr. 



D' Alton to have been Irish, 47 ; this opinion 



refuted, 47, 48; Dr. O'Conor's conjecture 



concerning the same, 47. 

 Dr. O'Conor's observations on the 



uses of, originally, as astronomical gnomons, 

 and fire-temples, and subsequently as ancho- 

 rite retreats, stated in his own words, 49, 

 50. 



Examination of the authorities quoted by 

 him in support of his hypothesis, and refuta- 

 tion of his inferences, 50-57. 



Examination and refutation of his etymo- 

 logical evidences, 57-65. 



Examination and refutation of his argu- 

 ments in support of his theory, 65-67- 



His observations as to the use of the 

 Eound Towers as Anchorite Towers in sub- 

 sequent times, 49, 51, 53. 

 Mr. Moore's observations in support 



of the theory of the use of, as fire-temples, 

 and examination of the various other theories, 

 given in his own words, 68, 69, 70. 



Stated by him to have been used as as- 

 tronomical observatories, 69, 70. 



. Mr. Windele's arguments in support 



of the hypothesis, that they were used as 

 fire-temples, and occasionally, in part, as 

 places of pagan sepulture, stated and re- 

 futed, 71-108. 



believed by Mr. Windele to have 



been subsequently used as anchorite retreats, 

 72, 73. 



. further refutation of the theory of 



the use of, as places of sepulture, 414-417. 



Round Towers, theory of their having been 

 PHALLI, or PHIAPEIA TEMPLA, adverted to, 

 108. 



erroneous theories of the Christian 



origin and uses of, examined and refuted, 

 109-120. See Harris, and Smith. 



true origin and uses of, 121, et seq. 



still known in Irish by no other 



names than " cloictheach" and"clogas," 113. 

 treated of as belfries, and a class of 



Irish ecclesiastical buildings, 355-363. 



. summary of the facts already estab- 



lished in refutation of the theory of the 

 pagan origin of, 355, 366. 

 the form or features usual in, found 



in no one pagan building in Ireland, 356. 



referred by all writers, previously to 



Vallancey, to a Christian, or at least, a medi- 

 eval origin, 356. 

 facts relative to, to be proved in the 



Third Part of the Inquiry, but for the pre- 

 sent assumed as proved, 356. 



the conclusions, L, that they were 



intended to serve as belfries, and II., as keeps, 



or places of strength, established, 357-375. 



the peculiarities of construction of, 



described, 357-359. 



general style of the doorways and 



apertures of, 359- 

 not ill-adapted to the double purpose 



of belfries and castles, 359. 



evidences in support of Author's 



theory of their use as belfries, 359, 360. 



always designated in Irish by the 



people, cloictheach or clogas or cuilgtheach, 

 359, 360; explanation of these terms, 359, 

 360. 



traditional use of, 360. 



still used as belfries in many places, 



360. 



objections to the theory of the use of, 

 as belfries, stated and answered, 65, 67, 

 360. 



