Wkstropp — Lid of the Round Toivers of Ireland. 303 



County Kildahe. 



42. Castledermot : c. 47 feet; h. 66^ feet. Top and battlements 

 modern. Door has a lintel. Description by Lord "Walter 

 Fitz Gerald in Journal of Kildare Archaeological Society, 

 vol.1. (1892), p. 82, and same in Journal E.S.A.I. (1892), p. 66. 



43. Kildare : c. 55 feet; %. 105^ feet. Top and battlements late. 

 Masonry of tower of two distinct periods. Door, 14 feet up, re- 

 cessedromanesqi;e work, semicircular ornamentedhead and angular 

 hood ; bracteate coins found in base. Description, Fitz Gerald, 

 he. cit.y p. 87 ; "Wilkinson, "Ancient Architecture of Ireland," 

 p. 75, and other sources. 



44. Old KilcuUen : c. 47 feet ; h. 30 feet. Top gone. Door, 6|- feet up, 



with round head of two blocks. Description, Fitz Gerald, too. cit. 

 p. 81. Miss Stokes, Ibid., 1899, p. 431. National monument. 



45. Oughterard : c. 47 feet ; li. 34 feet. Top stories gone. Door, 7 feet 

 6 inches up, with round head and moulding ; floors rested on 

 ledges. Description, FitzGerald, loc. cit. p. 84. 



46. Taghadoe : c. 51 feet; h. 65 feet. Top stories gone. Door with 

 round head and flat band; over key-stone is a small figure with 

 upraised arms. Description, loc. cit. p. 92. National monu- 

 ment. 



Count r Kilkenny. 



47. Aghaviller: c. 51 feet; h. 30 feet. Top stories gone. Door, 



13 feet up, with round head of three stones. Vieios in "Early 

 Christian Architecture of Ireland" (Miss M. Stokes), Plate xsiii. 



48. Fertagh: c. 49|- feet; li. 101 feet. Cap nearly gone. Door 

 destroyed. The inner head was round; sill 11 feet 3 inches up. 

 There is a good view in the Petrb Sketches, E.I.A., vol. iii. 

 p. xvii, and in Ordnance Survey Letters (MSS. E.I. A.), vol. ii., 

 Kilkenny, p. 127. National monument. The gritstone blocks 

 of the doorway were removed by a farmer to build a hearth. 

 They, however, could not stand the fire, and rapidly split to 

 pieces. Tradition said that the tower was built by St. Kieran 

 of Saighir. It is of fine hammer-dressed masonry.^ National 

 Monument. 



1 " Ordnance Survey Letters," Co. Kilkenny, MSS. E.I. A. vol. i. 



