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FIELD GUIDE TO MEGALITHIC IRELAND

Clondalkin : Round Tower

County	Dublin
Grid Ref	O 069 314
Longitude	6° 23' 44.01" W
Latitude	53° 19' 19.46" N

Nearest Town	Clondalkin (0.1 Km)
OS Sheet	50
UTM zone	29U
UTM x	673464.51277864
UTM y	5911262.2265738

From Wakeman's Handbook of Irish Antiquities - 1903

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Sunday, 25th November 2001

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Miscellanea

The monastic site at Clondalkin was founded by Saint ChrÛn·n around 600 CE.

The tower is the most slender remaining round tower in Ireland.

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