| The majority of the columns at Anarajapoora are of dressed stone, octangular and of extremely graceful proportions. |
| The two conspirators found Louis seated in a cabinet, which, being placed in one of the towers, partook of its octangular form. |
| A very handsome octangular tower exists at Hornby, on the banks of the lune, built about the middle of the sixteenth century. |
| Its form is octangular, having a strong butment at each angle, surmounted with pinnacles. |
| It is of early date, cruciform in its plan, and the crossing surmounted by a good early tower and spire of octangular form. |
| It featured an octangular room with five branching hallways of dressing rooms. |
