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of magnesian limestone, and the sill of the ordinary grey limestone of 

 the district. 



No. 11. — View of the round tower of Kilrea, in the county of 

 Kilkenny : unlike most of such edifices, the doorway is not surmounted 

 by a large window-loop, — ^this aperture, though present, being placed at 

 the distance of many feet to the left-hand side as you enter the door. The 

 upper portion of the tower has been remodelled, the conical roof removed, 

 and a parapet formed over the original openings at the top of the tower. 

 This tower stands on a square plinth of dry masonry, and measures 49 J 

 feet in circumference at its base. 



IS'o. 12. — Doorway of the round tower of Kilrea. This doorway 

 measures only 4 feet 7 J inches in height to the springing of the arch,, 

 and 2 feet 4 inches in width : it is formed of sandstone, and its sides are 

 parallel. The head is semicircular, and cut out of one stone ; around 

 the entire doorway there is a flat raised band, 10 J inches broad. 



]Sro. 13. — Doorway of the old church of Kilbunny, near Piiltown, 

 county Waterford. There is a quaintness and originality in this work, 

 which stamp it as being of exceeding antiquity,— possibly of the tenth 

 or eleventh century. The doorway, which has converging sides, mea- 

 sures about 6 feet in height to the springing of the arch, its head is semi« 

 circular, formed of nine stones, each of which is cut away superficially so 

 as to form a deeply depressed zigzag moulding, surrounded by a flat 

 band; the arch rests on a broad abacus, ornamented with massive 

 beads. Directly over the arch a human head projects, in high relief, the 

 forehead of which is cinctured by a flat band ; the lower portion of the 

 face is destroyed ; on the northern side of the doorway, over the spring- 

 ing of the arch, there projects a rudely carved head of a nondescript 

 monster, with a large mouth, having teeth and a curled-down snout ; the 

 corresponding side of the door is plain. 



The outer angle of the northern jam of the doorway, just beneath 

 the abacus, has been cut into to represent a human head, with beard 

 and moustache ; and on the opposite side, a ram's horn is carved in a 

 similar manner: although the carvings appear in relief, no portion of them 

 project beyond the surface of the stone. 



JN'o. 14. — This represents the head of what was once a very fine 

 cross, carved out of granite, and lately discovered in a field to the east 

 of the " Cathedral " of Glendalough. Its type is that of a cross radi- 

 ating from a circle. 



No. 15. — A small slab of mica-slate, carved so as to suggest the 

 outline of a cross just appearing from beyond the outer circumference 

 of a circle ; also from Glendalough. 



No. 16. — Small and rudely formed cross of the Maltese type, carved 

 out of a slab of mica-slate ; from Glendalough. 



No. 1 7. — A small block of mica-slate, from Glendalough, carved into 

 the form of a truncated cone, having a small oval hollow on the top, 

 which, no doubt, was meant to receive the shaft of a cross. 



No. 18. — A small mutilated cross, cut out of a flat slab of granite, 

 and standing on a square plinth of granite, in the graveyard of the old 



