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Round tower

round tower

Cloigtheach Gleann Dá Loch

National Monument in state ownership No. 134. Situated NW of the cathedral on slightly higher ground within the main graveyard.

  • AccessNot confirmed
  • National MonumentIn State care
  • DateNot stated
  • FolkloreNone recorded
  • PhotoWikimedia Commons
Sevenchurches Or Camaderry, Co. Wicklow53.01093, -6.32774
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At a glance

  • TypeRound tower
  • StatusNational Monument

What to look for

  • Conical cap
  • Windows

Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.

Can you visit?

  • No source says it is open to the public.Most monuments in Ireland stand on private farmland.
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History and description

National Monument in state ownership No. 134. Situated NW of the cathedral on slightly higher ground within the main graveyard.

Full archaeological record 130 words

National Monument in state ownership No. 134. Situated NW of the cathedral on slightly higher ground within the main graveyard. Built of mica-schist and granite (H 30.48m) on two offsets, with a further six floors carried on beams set into beam-holes. The round-headed granite doorway faces SE and is 3.2m above the upper offset. There are four trabeate windows at various levels and a further four at the cardinal points, just below the reconstructed conical cap. A rectangular channel (c. 0.2m x 0.15m) runs right through the thickness of the wall just below the doorway. Orpen (1907, 404) suggested it may have been used as a spy-hole. Healy (1972) recorded a number of cross-slabs in the vicinity of the round tower. (Leask 1950, 16-18; Barrow 1979, 197-200; Barrow 1992, 30-31)

References

  • See linked document with plan taken from Robert Cochrane Historical and Descriptive Notes with Ground Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details of the Ecclesiastical Remains at Glendalough, Co. Wicklow. Extract from the Eightieth Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland 1911-12. Dublin, 1925.

Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 19 December 2012 · Based on the Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.

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