What is recorded here

Associated with the monastic enclosure is a round tower which rises to four storeys and is entered in the east through a lintelled doorway with inclined jambs (dims. H.26m, wall Wth 1.30m, int. diam 2.40m). The interior is lit by plain square-headed opes above the doorway and at same level in the N and S. There is a corbelled roof over the first floor with timber floors on second and third. The upper portion of the tower is a later reconstruction and topped with an undecorated Latin cross (DU011-034006-). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 08 January 2015

The Round Tower at Swords Glebe was likely built in the 10th or 11th century by an early Christian monastic community associated with the site. It is a typical example of an Irish round tower, constructed in a Romanesque style, and is significant as a rare surviving structure linked to medieval monastic life in Ireland.

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