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Srom the roof of the church. ‘This is no modern 
addition, but an essential part of the original 
building ; and if this was the steeple, as we 
think no one can deny, the adjoining one, 
differing from its neighbour in nothing ex- 
cept the single circumstance of its being 
raised at the side, instead of on the roof of 
its church, must have been erected for a si- 
milar purpose. ‘The third Round ‘Tower (for 
Glendalough boasts of three) is, like most 
others in Ireland, built at some distance from 
its church; but corresponding in other res- 
pects with the two just described, we cannot 
in candour assign to it a different origin. 
These three Round Towers, which are so 
near each other as to be all comprehended in 
one glance of the spectator, form the con- 
necting links between the perfect steeple and 
perfect Round Tower. 
In one Round Tower, if not in more, 
the oak beam remains, from which, in all 
probability, the bell was once suspended. 
“That of Ardmore,” says Smith in his His- 
tory of Waterford, published in 1746, “was 
used fora Belfry, there being towards the 
top not only four windows to let out the 
sound, but also three pieces of oak still re- 
maining on which the bell was hung: there 
were two channels cut in the sill of the door, 
