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Taghadoe Round Tower
 

County

Kildare

Coordinates

N 53° 21' 11.3"   W 006° 36' 46.8"

Nearest town

Maynooth

Grid Ref.

N 92408 34526

Map No.

50

Elevation a.s.l. (m)

62

Date of visit

Monday 24 May 2010

GPS Accuracy (m)

6
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The round tower, with its doorway and one of its windows, seen from the southeast.


In a country area with a strong smell of manure there's a fenced field in which there are a church and a round tower.
The church measures 16 metres by 10 metres and has four crenellated turrets, one on each corner. On each of the longer sides there are two tall and narrow windows at 2.50 metres from the ground. On each of the shorter sides of the building there are two squarish windows at about 3 metres from the ground.
The round tower is 3 metres southwest from the church, has a doorway at about 4 metres from the ground on the southeast side. The tower has a diameter of a little less than 6 metres and it seemes to be truncated in the upper section, even if I think only a minor length is missing, since all the four windows are present.
The inside of the church is completely bare, with no ornaments, carvings or other details.
No information is given, the only sign is the Fógra one.


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