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DAME : RAME { PERIS • followed by DE • SEIDT ; SAVMDVB, • which in 



sound resembles de Saint Saviour, the last words being mtjrunt : 

 gieint : ion, possibly meaning having died, lies here. The last four 

 letters are obscure; for they could not possibly represent the date 1011 

 in Arabic numerals. The Rev. J ames Graves thinks the inscription is 

 in Italian, which is quite possible. 



No. 58. Yiew of the Anglo-Norman tower erected at the extremity 

 of the Hook promontory, county of "Wexford. 



This magnificent structure has been converted into a lighthouse, by 

 the addition of a small circular turret, surmounted by the lantern — a 

 purpose for which I have very little doubt the tower itself was origi- 

 nally constructed. 



The main tower, which is about 70 feet in height, is circular with- 

 out, but square within, the intervening spaces being occupied by a 

 winding staircase, and small rectangular rooms leading off the central 

 vaulted apartments. It is stated that De Courcy was the builder of. 

 this tower. 



All history and traditions assert that Earl De Clare or Strongbow 

 landed in 1170 or so, on the shore of the Waterford estuary, and ac- 

 cording to the latest authorities, at Crook, opposite to Duncannon. 



To the north of Hook, at Bag-in-bun Head, an earthen fosse and 

 mound, which span the promontory from shore to shore, are pointed out 

 as the site of Strongbow' s entrenchment, and a rectangular depression 

 in the sod, the place where his tent was pitched. I have no doubt that 

 this spot was occupied by the Anglo-Normans at the time of their inva- 

 sion, who found there an ancient Irish entrenchment, which they 

 utilized ; but it certainly is not the place where any landing of troops 

 could be effected, as the entire coast is here rocky and precipitous.* 



No. 59. Foliated head of a cross carved in relief on a tomb slab in 

 Fethard church, county of Wexford. 



No. 60. Yiew of Ferrycarrick Castle, county of Wexford. 



No. 6 1 . Plan of the basement floor of the same. 



No. 62. Yiew of Ballymoon Castle, county of Carlow, looking N. W. 



No. 63. Interior view of the same, looking S. E. This castle was 

 erected in the year 1300 by the Knights Templars, just four years be- 

 fore the suppression of the order by Edward I. In plan it is a simple 

 parallelogram, with walls of six or seven feet in thickness, sufficient to 

 receive fireplaces, and recessed loopholes. A massive square tower 

 of two arched rooms projects from the south wall, which is so far pro- 

 longed beyond the face of the east wall as to form a small flanking* 

 turret. The centre of the east wall is farther protected by a small pro- 

 jecting angular tower. The archeres, or loops, for either long or cross 

 bow are remarkably characteristic of the Edwardian architecture, as 

 are also the fiat-pointed arch and flat-compressed arch of the various in- 



* The small expedition, consisting of five Welsh vessels, headed by Robert Fitz Ste- 

 phen, landed, according to Giraldus Cambrensis, at Bannow Island in A. D. 1169, prior 

 to the arrival of De Clare with the main army. 



