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Kilmacduagh Round Tower

Near Gort, County Galway

Ireland's tallest round tower, and it leans.

Kilmacduagh was a monastery founded by St Colman in the 600s. Its round tower is the tallest in Ireland, around 34 metres high, and leans noticeably to one side.

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When
About 1000s–1100s
Where
53.0490, -8.8880
Group
Towers & follies

Visiting

Free and open at all times, with church ruins around it.

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