. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. ^<i^&S Doorway—Eound Tower of Diuuibo.(From a Photograph by Mr. S. K. Kirker. 1899.) higher, with three other stages above. There are no windows in the-portion now remaining. The illustration on next page, from a photo-graph taken recently by Mr. Kirker, shows the tower as it now stands];the double curve or batter observable is not part of the original design,as the top portion has been rebuilt. A drawing taken fifty-six yearsago, and reproduced on p. 359, shows tlie broken condition of the top o 358 ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF I
. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. ^<i^&S Doorway—Eound Tower of Diuuibo.(From a Photograph by Mr. S. K. Kirker. 1899.) higher, with three other stages above. There are no windows in the-portion now remaining. The illustration on next page, from a photo-graph taken recently by Mr. Kirker, shows the tower as it now stands];the double curve or batter observable is not part of the original design,as the top portion has been rebuilt. A drawing taken fifty-six yearsago, and reproduced on p. 359, shows tlie broken condition of the top o 358 ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF IRELAND. the tower, and the outward bulge therein observable was not wholly takendown—hence the want of regularity in the upward slope of the tower. There are many and frequent historical references to the ancientecclesiastical foundation of Drumbo; and two church festivals are noted ^^^iK^^^^^^^^. Tlie iiouiid Tower of Driimbo.(From a Photograph by Mr. S. K. Kirker, 1899.) in OClerys Calendar appertaining thereto, viz. July 24th, Lughaidh,of Drumbo, and August 10th, Cumin, Abbot of Drumbo—but there areno references to the tower until it is mentioned in the Ulster VisitationBook as being in a ruinous condition in 1622. The interior was exca- PKOCEEDINGS. 359 vated in 1841, and a human skeleton, extended nearly east and west,was found under a lime concrete floor, the head resting to the are notices of this tower in the Transactions of the Royal IrishAcademy, vol, xx., pages 89 and 398 ; also in the Ulster Journal ofArchceology, vol. iii., p. 110.
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