What is recorded here

Thirty metres of solid stone rise at Glendalough, a bell house built to shout across valleys rather than hide from invaders. The doorway sits high above the ground not to keep out raiders but to stop the narrow base collapsing under the weight of the tower. Wooden ladders likely climbed the empty space below, carrying rings and voices into the Irish sky long before the church beside it fell into silence.

The tower lies on the E slopes of Carrickgollogan. The butt of a round tower lies to the SW of the church (DU026-050001-). It is built of coursed quartz and sandstone blocks (diam. 5.4m x wall T 1m x H 1.5m)(Wakeman 1890-1, 701, Barrow 1979, 60). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy. Revised upload on: 15 April 2018.

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