Not a particularly inspiring round tower, in fact its blackness promotes a sense of forboding and seems to threaten.
Only two floors remain (except there is no floor in place). It is unusual in the fact that it has a doorway a ground level. This does allow you to see just how solidly these structures were buit.
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As I drove just 100m from this stumpy round tower I thought I'd pop by again. The later, groundlevel door allows access to the base of the tower so that you can se up inside. I didn't notice last time I was here that there is still a window in the side opposite the original door a floor up from it. The real door is quite a high one at around 4m from the ground.
I didn't really take any notice of the church last tme I was here, but the brillant sunshine made it stand out. Not that it needs much help in that respect as it's built like a small castle! It has immensely thick walls and slit windows on the ground floor.
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From Kilkenny take the N10 south and then head west along the R669. After just over 4km the road takes a sharp right turn, carry straight on for about 100m and the round tower is on the right.
A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
 Kilbenan (Co. Galway) |  Drumbo (Co. Down) |  Oughterard (Co. Kildare) |
 Roscrea (Co. Tipperary) |  Dromcliff (Co. Clare) |  Lusk - Round Tower (Co. Dublin) |
