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to have been erected for a similar purpose. 
We do not think it necessary to attempt any 
refutation of the two last conjectures, as they 
have no foundation either in history or tra- 
dition, nor indeed in the nature and appear- 
ance of the ‘Towers themselves. 
That ahigh Tower, with four apertures or 
windows at the top, standing near a church, 
which has in itself no provision for calling 
people to worship, should have been designed 
for a Belfry, is surely a more probable sup- 
position than any vf those we have just quo- 
ted: it is moreover the natural and obvious 
conclusion to draw, which strong evidence 
only ought to invalidate; and it seems to us 
that the onus probandi rests with those who 
deny its correctness. Lest, however, it should 
be said that our notion, though a probable 
one, is yet nothing more than a presumption, 
we shall proceed to adduce some direct evi- 
dence in its favor. 
The stone-roofed chapel at Glendalough, 
called the Ivy Church, has a Round Tower, 
which, instead of being separated from the 
main building as in most instances, is affixed to 
it, or nearly so, in the same manner as modern 
steeples. In another stone-roofed chapel at 
the same place, called St. Kevin’s Kitchen, a 
Round Tower is actually raised upon and rises 
