Maestranze sec. X, O' Rourke's tower
CODES / CLASSIFICATION
106734
OBJECT
O' Rourke's tower
AUTHOR
Dating
sec. X
900 - 999
LOCATIONS
Clonmacnoise (Irlanda)
NOTES
Foto sup 2923, verso del supporto secondario: nota anonima manoscritta: "Clonmacnoise, the meadow of the sons of Nos. / O'Rorkes tower (he was king of Connaught 957-964) stands on / a circular plinth. It wants its top, but is still 108 feet high. / It is of hard limestone; its tower part [...]. Says Viollet-le-Duc of round towers: "c'étaient des phares, ou fanaux, pour announcer la nuit au voyageurs la présence d'une égliese ou d'une abbaie". / Lord Dunraven thinks is no existing round tower / older than 900. / [...] / Note. Most Irish crosses probably were colored".
