Drumcliffe Round Tower

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  • It is located on the west side of the road which now disects the former monastic site at Drumcliffe.
  • It remains as Sligo's only Round Tower which dates to the 10th/11th Century.
  • It is recorded that Lightning struck the tower in 1396, and that much of the tower was plundered in the 18th-19th century to build a nearby bridge.
  • Petrie, in the mid 19th century, drew the tower with a shack at its base and a window remnant at the top of the tower to the southeast.
  • The tower stands about 9 metres from ground level with the ESE-facing doorway about 2 meters above ground level. One small lintelled window survives on the second floor level.
     

Distance from St Angela’s: 13km

Link: http://www.megalithicireland.com/Drumcliffe%20Round%20Tower.html 

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