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Turmartin Tower (in ruins) — Cill Éinne

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On a height in an area of exposed limestone at the SE end of Árainn/Inishmore, overlooking Gregory’s Sound and Inis Meáin/Inishmaan to the SE. This circular drystone structure (ext. D 4m; H 3m) is built of rough limestone blocks and spalls. Two straight lines in the walling at SSW tentatively suggest the presence of a doorway (Wth 0.95m) that was subsequently blocked up. It is reputedly the grave of St Gregory (Westropp 1895, 265). Lennox Barrow (1979, 106) discounted it as a round tower and suggested it was possibly a marker for boats at sea. Its date is uncertain. (Robinson 1980) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 26 January 2016 This monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 43.

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