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Round tower
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Cashel
County Tipperary, The Municipal District of Cahir — Cashel, Ireland
Cashel is a church and round tower of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 52.52008, -7.89045. Attributes: built, cultural, archaeological. Cashel (an Anglicised form of the Irish language word Caiseal, meaning stone fort ) may refer to: Located in The Municipal District of Cahir — Cashel, Éire / Ireland.
Clonmacnois
County Offaly, The Municipal District of Birr, Ireland
Clonmacnois is a round tower of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 53.32628, -7.98629. Attributes: built, cultural, archaeological. Located in Birr, Éire / Ireland.
Glendalough
County Wicklow, The Municipal District of Wicklow, Ireland
Glendalough is a monastery and round tower of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 53.01052, -6.32700. Attributes: built, natural, cultural, archaeological. Tradition: Christianity. Associated figure: St Kevin. Glendalough (; Irish: Gleann Dá Loch, meaning valley of two lakes ) is a glacial valley in County Wicklow, Ireland, renowned for an Early Medieval monastic settlement founded in the 6th century by St Kevin. From 1825 to 1957, the head of the Glendalough Valley was the site of a galena lead mine. Glendalough is also a recreational area for picnics, for walking along networks of maintained trails of varying difficulty, and also for rock climbing. Located in The Municipal District of Wicklow, Éire / Ireland.
Kilmacduagh
County Galway, Loughrea Municipal District, Ireland
Kilmacduagh is a monastery and round tower of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 53.04796, -8.88777. Attributes: built, cultural, archaeological. Tradition: Christianity. Kilmacduagh (Irish: Cill Mhic Dhuach, meaning church of Duach s son ) is a small village in south County Galway, Ireland, near Gort. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name, in Kiltartan barony. It is the site of Kilmacduagh monastery, seat of the Diocese of that name. The diocese is now part of the Diocese of Galway and Kilmacduagh in the Roman Catholic Church and in the Diocese of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe in the Church of Ireland. The former cathedral is now a ruin. The Round Tower sits beside the cathedral and is from the 11th or 12 century. At 112 feet it is the tallest tower in Ireland. The towers bell is said to lie at the bottom of a nearby lake. The village is 5 km (3 mi) to the south-west of Gort via the R460 road. Located in Loughrea Municipal District, Éire / Ireland.