Old Kilkenny Review1946 - Kilkenny (Ireland : County) |
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Page 12
... east gate is at present incomplete . The gates are so placed in the walls that they are in line with the corners of the keep diagonally thereby standing centrally in the field of fire covered by the em- brasured corner loops of the keep ...
... east gate is at present incomplete . The gates are so placed in the walls that they are in line with the corners of the keep diagonally thereby standing centrally in the field of fire covered by the em- brasured corner loops of the keep ...
Page 23
... east corner of the chancel is a narrow square- headed doorway , on passing through which you come upon the remains of a stone staircase let into the thicknesss of the wall towards the gable . It is straight for about six or eight feet ...
... east corner of the chancel is a narrow square- headed doorway , on passing through which you come upon the remains of a stone staircase let into the thicknesss of the wall towards the gable . It is straight for about six or eight feet ...
Page 24
... east of the eastern gable stands a richly carved granite cross 14 feet high . Except in certain positions of the sun it is now hard to get a clear outline of the subjects in the panels , with the exception of the principal figure of our ...
... east of the eastern gable stands a richly carved granite cross 14 feet high . Except in certain positions of the sun it is now hard to get a clear outline of the subjects in the panels , with the exception of the principal figure of our ...
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