O0631 : Round Tower - Clondalkin
near to Clondalkin, Belgard and Ballymount, Dublin, Ireland
Round Tower - Clondalkin
Well preserved 8th century round tower that acts as a focal point for the area. Acknowledged as one of the oldest and best preserved in the country, it is 84 feet high and has its original conical cap. The foundation of the first monastery is attributed to St. Cronan, otherwise called Mo-Chua, who lived possibly in the 6th century. The monastery is first mentioned in 776. It was plundered by the Vikings in 832. [info from Link
]
]![Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]](http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gif)
year taken
2006
| Find out how to reuse this Image For example on your webpage, blog, a forum, or Wikipedia. | |||||
 |
Start a discussion on O0631 |  |
Suggest an update to this image |  |
Contact the contributor |
- Grid Square
- O0631, 8 images (more nearby)
- Photographer
- Paul Johnston-Knight (find more nearby)
- Image classification?
- Geograph (Second Visitor for O0631)
- Date Taken
- Thursday, 19 January, 2006 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Saturday, 21 January, 2006
- Category
- Tower (more nearby)
- Subject Location
-
Irish:
O 06845 31375 [1m precision]
WGS84: 53:19.3259N 6:23.8400W - View Direction
- NORTH (about 0 degrees)
This page has been viewed about 279 times.
