Cloyne Round Tower

Cloyne Round Tower is a spherical tower in the traditionally monastic metropolis of Cloyne, County Cork in Ireland. Cloyne was additionally the see metropolis of the Anglican Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. The tower is a image for the city of Cloyne. The monastic agreement at Cloyne dates to about 560 AD, when Saint Colman mac Lenene founded the authentic monastery. The spherical tower itself dates to around the tenth century, and is about 30m excessive and 16.25m around while measured approximately 1.5m above the floor.

The stone inside the tower is darkish red sandstone. As with a few different spherical towers, a lightning strike brought on some damage to the top of the tower. The strike turned into in 1749. There is likewise the destroy of a Norman watchtower on a hill overlooking the metropolis. The metropolis has a cathedral from its time as a non secular centre, as well as a latest church. The Church of Ireland Cathedral dates to 1250 A.D. The neighborhood Catholic Church, St. Colmans, changed into constructed in 1815. The round tower changed into used to grasp the Cathedral bell inside the 19th century.