What is recorded here

Indicated is a round tower in Carroweighter, County Roscommon, Ireland. The 6m diameter structure stands 3.6m high on a 0.3m plinth, built from well-laid limestone courses. It belongs to Oran church and sits 15m west-southwest of the surviving church wall. The tower occupies the bottom of a south-facing slope at the southeast end of a broad ridge.

Towards the bottom of the S-facing slope at the SE end of a broad NW-SE ridge. The round tower (ext. diam. 6m; surviving H 3.6m) of Oran church (RO034-080001-) is composed of well-laid courses of limestone over a plinth (H 0.3m) (Crawford 1913; Barrow 1979; Lalor 1999, 213) and is 15m WSW of the surviving wall of the church. See the attached view from the W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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